The Straits Times

It was reported that a study conducted by Associate Professor Alberto Salvo from the Department of Economics at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has found that lower-income households tend to use more water when the weather is hot, while higher-income households consume more electricity. The study tracked the water and electricity bills of about 130,000 households living in apartments from September 2012 to December 2015. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications on 20 December 2018, can contribute towards improving demand forecasting for water and electricity in water-stressed cities in tropical Asia, where incomes are rising. It can also facilitate better design and allocation of water and electricity grids.

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This was a report on a study by researchers from the Department of Geography at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences which found that coastal vegetation such as mangroves, seagrasses and salt marshes may be the most effective habitats to mitigate carbon emissions. The results indicate that nations with large coastlines could expand these ecosystems to further counteract their fossil fuel emissions. These findings were published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters on 24 October 2018.