Outreach
Highlights
[Public Event] Ocean Plastics Pollution
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.
Read More[Seminar] Perspectives from the Canadian Environmental Microplastics Facility
Microplastics (<5mm) have been found in nearly all environments on earth and studies have been documented plastic ingestion by a wide range of marine biota. Rhiannon will be covering several topics surrounding this emerging environmental contaminant including sources, fate and effects of microplastics and what Ocean Wise is doing to research this environmental contaminant.
Read More[Workshop] ASEAN Marine Conservation Workshop
Registration is now open for the ASEAN Marine Conservation Workshop on 28th November 2018, 9am – 1pm. Organised and jointly funded by the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, and the Marine Science Research and Development Programme, National Research Foundation.
Read More[Alert] Annual Research Stakeholders Meeting 2018
Date: Friday, 22nd November 2018,
Time: 12PM – 5PM.
By invitation only.
For more information, please contact sjinml@nus.edu.sg.
Read More[Conference Announcement] International Conference on Plastics in the Marine Environment 2018
Globally, some eight million tonnes of plastic is dumped into the ocean every year, killing marine life and entering the human food chain. Five Asian nations account for 60% of the waste entering our oceans. The ubiquitous spread of plastic waste into every part of the marine environment has captured the attention of academics, industries, environmentalists, and the public. Plastic debris and animals killed by the ingestion of plastic capture the daily struggle of the world’s ocean ecosystems. The massive scale of this problem threatens our food security and sustainability.
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[New Equipment] Diving PAM II
We are excited to announce the acquisition of a new Pulse Amplitude Modulation Unit, Diving PAM II, available for all registered users!
There will be a demonstration of the equipment on Tuesday, 30 October 2018 at 2.30pm.
The Diving PAM II is an underwater chlorophyll fluorometer, designed for the examination of photosynthesis in water up to 50m. It measures chlorophyll A fluorescence in photosystem II underwater plants such as sea grasses, macroalgae, and zooxanthellae in corals.
Read More[Symposium] Environment Challenges for a Tropical Port City
On behalf of the Tropical Marine Science Institute, we would like to announce the following symposium, Environment Challenges for a Tropical Port City: Celebrating 20 years of marine science.
For more details, please visit http://www.tmsi.nus.edu.sg/tmsi-20th-anniversary.
Read More[Seminar] Pteropods and Lumpfishes
Pteropods are planktonic gastropods that live in the water column throughout oceans worldwide. They show limited acclimation responses to the effects of ocean acidification (OA), with dissolution of their shell observed in individuals exposed future acidity levels. However, we also need to study their long term adaptive potential to cope with incremental changes in acidity.
Read More[Workshop Announcement] 10th South China Sea Tsunami Workshop
The workshop will be held from 10 – 11 October 2018 in NUS. Please contact Dr. Linlin Li at LLLI@ntu.edu.sg for email registration. This workshop is co-organised by Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) and IOC South China Sea Tsunami Warning Advisory Center, Beijing.
For more information, please visit http://tsunami.ihs.ncu.edu.tw/~scstw/2018/index.html.
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