Join our colleague from NUS Centre for International Law, Ms Youna Lyons, who will be speaking at the webinar by BluHope in celebration of World Oceans Week, on “Plastic Waste: …
[Virtual Event] Blu Hope World Oceans Week Webinar Read More »
Seminar by Dr Lee Bee Yan, Research Fellow at St John’s Island National Marine Laboratory Date: Friday, 20 March 2020 Time: 3 – 4pm Venue: SJINML Seminar Room Abstract: The …
[Seminar] The Majoidea of Singapore and the revision of the epialtid genus Read More »
Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI) is one of three research institutes in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). It is strategically located along the shoreline of Sepangar Bay, Kota Kinabalu, providing easy access to the sea and surrounding habitats. The institute conduct marine and aquaculture research and offer postgraduate degree programmes. Undergraduate teaching of two programmes, marine science and aquaculture is conducted on behalf of Faculty of Science and Natural Resource. Facilities in the institute includes fish and invertebrate hatcheries, marine aquarium and museum, as well as boathouse and jetty.
Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI) is one of three research institutes in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). It is strategically located along the shoreline of Sepangar Bay, Kota Kinabalu, providing easy access to the sea and surrounding habitats. The institute conduct marine and aquaculture research and offer postgraduate degree programmes. Undergraduate teaching of two programmes, marine science and aquaculture is conducted on behalf of Faculty of Science and Natural Resource. Facilities in the institute includes fish and invertebrate hatcheries, marine aquarium and museum, as well as boathouse and jetty.
Of the 300 over million tonnes of plastics produced each year, less than 10 percent gets recycled. What happens to the rest? Some get sent to landfills where, when left to degrade, can leach harmful chemicals that spread into groundwater. Some are washed out through rivers into the oceans where they break down into microplastics that today is found in everything we eat and drink.
Seminar by Ed GillespieIn conjunction with the British High Commission of Singapore Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2019Time: 4.30pm – 6.30pmVenue: CREATE Auditorium, 1 Create Way, CREATE Tower, National University of …
[Seminar] What if? How Asian coastal cities might embrace climate reality Read More »
Both the value and plight of corals reefs are well established. During the past five decades, researchers have identified the key problems affecting reefs, including sedimentation, pollution, overfishing and climate change. We have also documented extensive losses, with an estimated 50% of reefs having been severely impacted during this period, as a result of human activities. Some reefs are thriving and have demonstrated the capacity for recovery from both local and global level stressors. Others have passed a tipping point and reached an alternate stable state, dominated by algae, and are unlikely to recover without interventions.
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.
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.
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.
