Understanding air pollution risks: Case study of haze in Singapore
Ambient (outdoor) air pollution is one of the biggest environmental risk factors contributing to leading causes of death, including heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and other respiratory diseases[i]. With 9 out of 10 people breathing in polluted air globally, this silent killer contributed to an estimated 7 million premature deaths in 2016 according to the […]
Can we learn from experience for better crisis management?
Like a train without brakes, COVID-19 continued its spread to countries all over the world despite global efforts to contain it. As at May 28, 2020, the World Health Organisation reported more than 350,000 deaths attributed to the pandemic. In this unprecedented crisis and time of deep uncertainty, the prevalence of fake news compounded the […]
Reducing forecast uncertainty of ecosystem changes in climate models
Dr Yanyan Cheng, 22 July 2021: Climate change research has a linked system of models of the ocean, atmosphere and land. This talk focuses on the land model used in climate change forecasting.