Where: NUS Museum, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119279 When: From now until December 2019 Sites, Stories and Subsequence is a prep-room project with Asia Research Institute that excavates, assembles and envisages the complex physical […]
[Exhibition] prep-room DRILLS: Sites, Stories and Subsequence Read More »
Fossil fuel combustion and changes in patterns of land usage are together adding approximately 10 GT C yr-1 to the atmosphere, of which about half remains in the atmosphere contributing to global warming with the remaining half being taken up by the terrestrial biosphere and the oceans in approximately equal amounts. This major perturbation to the global carbon cycle is set against a much larger natural carbon cycle which our research focus is beginning to turn to understanding.
Singapore will be hosting the 5th Mangrove, Macrobenthos and Management meeting from the 1st to 5th July 2019. Please visit the website https://www.mmm5singapore.com/ to find out more.
There are student registration grants still available for graduate and undergraduate students working within the mangrove environment. Please contact Dr Zeehan Jaafar at jaafarz@nus.edu.sg for more information, and to register your interest.
[Conference Announcement] 5th Mangrove, Macrobenthos and Management meeting Read More »
St John’s Island National Marine Laboratory is happy to announce 5 public guided walks for 2019 on St John’s Island. These guided walks are part of the Marine Conservation Programme, a partnership between the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum and SJINML. The programme is funded by the Jubilee Whale Fund, is free of charge, and open to public. The walks will introduce participants to marine habitats in Singapore, the biodiversity and natural heritage, as well as provide an opportunity to visit SJINML, Singapore’s only offshore marine laboratory. Each guided walk session is open to a maximum of 40 people.
[Guided Walks] Free guided walks at St John’s Island Read More »
Microplastics (MPs) are the most numerous debris reported in marine environments and assessment of the amounts of MPs that accumulate in wild organisms is necessary for risk assessment. Nanoplastics (NPs, ≤1µm) may result from larger plastic debris released in the environment and can pose a further risk to aquatic organisms and ecosystems. The risk of M-NPs can be exacerbated because toxicants adsorbed to the particles may be transported to and become more bioavailable to organisms. Our project is focused on providing critical information to enhance the environmental risk assessment of M-NPs, based on real-world exposure scenarios.
[Seminar] Fate and Toxicology of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Real-World Scenarios Read More »
Researchers from St John’s Island National Marine Lab and the Tropical Marine Science Institute, Dr Sandric Leong and Ms Emily Curren are in the news for their research! The full story can be found here: http://news.nus.edu.sg/press-releases/toxic-bacteria-on-microplastics-tropical.
Her research at TMSI focused on biofouling and corals before she headed to the University of Western Australia to pursue her post-graduate studies. Her PhD thesis investigated the effects of climate change on tropical fish growth. After graduation, Joyce joined Rutgers University as a Postdoctoral Associate, researching on the causes and consequences of ecological synchrony in California’s marine ecosystem.
[Seminar] Fishy tales from the lord of the rings Read More »
Anthropogenic marine litter pollution is a serious issue facing oceans worldwide. Limited data exists on this pollution issue for South Pacific Island nations. This study presents the first extensive baseline survey of macro-sized marine litter on Mo’orea (0.75 items m-2) and Tahiti (0.95 items m-2), French Polynesia. Locally sourced land-based catchments accounted for the greatest amount of recovered marine litter on both islands. Beverage containers and associated items, such as caps were commonly recovered. Further studies conducted on Mo’orea, demonstrated that micro-litter was prevalent (3.84 items m-2) in beach sands and that 22% of surveyed holothurians had ingested microplastics.
Recent calculations estimate that there are currently 5.25 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans. Many of these are microplastics. The purpose of this ongoing study is to investigate how microplastics are distributed in two different marine environments: deep-sea canyons, and nearshore estuaries. To discover whether microplastics are concentrated in these environments, I analyzed microplastics in sediments from Norfolk Canyon and the adjacent continental slope; and the Coos Bay Estuary and the adjacent continental shelf. Sediment samples were taken with a box core and a ponger grab. I submerged sediment in saturated solutions of sodium iodide for floatation. I removed the supernatant to extract plastics through optical microscopy.
[Seminar] Microplastic Debris in Deep-Sea Canyon, Estuarine, and Shoreline Sediments Read More »
In conjunction with the International Conference on Plastics in the Marine Environment 2018, we are inviting several internationally renowned scientists to share with the public about their work in the UK, US and Canada, followed by a tour of the Beneath Tide, Running Forest exhibition on Friday, 7th December 2018, 7pm.
This public event is organised by the National Parks Board, Singapore Botanic Gardens, and the National University of Singapore.
[Public Event] Ocean Plastics Pollution Read More »
