Dear Professor Taylor & Dr Chen…
Thank you for this class! I really enjoyed every seminar and am more interested than I’ve ever been in pollution-related…
Is the Colour of Water Bodies an Indicator of their Health?
The answer is, it depends. The colour does tell us about the condition of the water body, such as if…
Road Traffic is a Major Source of Water Pollution too!
A running theme in this blog has been that pollution is transboundary. In the same vein, researchers from the University…
Civilization!
This comic is corny but admittedly, it is a little funny just because of how delusionally happy the two stranded…
The Surprising Link between Water Pollution & Mosquito-borne Diseases
An article entitled “How higher temperatures and pollution are affecting mosquitoes” by Shüné Oliver in 2019 talks about the effect…
Beach Litter & Local Management
In this post, I will cover Corbau et al.’s (2022) article entitled “What can beach litter tell about local management:…
Messages in Bottles
I used to love stories about how the protagonist would be at some beach or river and randomly stumble upon…
Satellite Imagery to Monitor Illegal Oil Spills
In my previous post, I discussed DW’s investigation into illegal bilge pollution by seafarers on cargo ships. One last thing…
Are laws protecting the ocean from pollution effective?
This article says no: An investigation conducted by Deutsche Welle (DW) News uncovered how seafarers on cargo ships are wrapped…
Cleaning Up the Singapore River
A few days ago, I was passing by the Singapore River at Clarke Quay and was struck by what a…