Marine science
Heat stress is plunging the world’s coral reefs into crisis
SURGING ocean temperatures have triggered a second global coral bleaching event in a decade, threatening crucial marine ecosystems that underpin an estimated US$2.7 trillion a year of goods and servic...
Thai scientists breed coral in labs to restore degraded reefs
ON A starry night, four Thai marine biologists scuba dived through shallow waters off an island in the country’s south as billions of pink specks floated up from the ocean floor in a spectacle that ta...
Singtel, Ocean Network Express pledge S$1 million each to NParks initiative
SINGTEL and Japanese container shipping liner Ocean Network Express (ONE) are each donating S$1 million to the National Parks Board’s (NParks) registered charity and Institution of Public Character, t...
Indonesian scientist works with poachers to restore coral reefs
FOR nearly two decades, Indonesian marine scientist Syafyudin Yusuf has worked with former poachers to rehabilitate coral reefs destroyed by their use of dynamite for fishing.
