Singapore has amazing coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangroves!
Join these talks to learn more about efforts to restore them, and how you can make a difference. Register here.
Details from the eventbrite post (register there):
In conjunction with the launch of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, RVRC FoRestore is organizing a series of online talks throughout July and August.
Different ecosystems in Singapore including coral reefs, seagrass, mangroves and terrestrial forests will be covered.
The speakers, who are experts in their respective fields, will share the importance of these ecosystems and their conservation.
There will also be sharing of opportunities for YOU to get involved, which will be subjected to COVID-19 restrictions.
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Whale skeleton thousands of years old may hold climate change clues
Nathan Howes
mardi, 8 décembre 2020 à 07:00 - The bones of the whale, believed to belong to a Bryde, measure 12 metres (39 feet) in size, with a skull that is 3 metres long.
The remains of a whale from thousands of years ago could reveal climate change clues from past sea level rises, scientists say.
According to researchers, the remnants are likely to be of a Bryde’s whale, which was discovered, almost perfectly preserved, in Samut Sakhon, west of Bangkok. The skeleton is thought to be up to 5,000 years old.
The remains were found about 12 kilometres inland, and will allow scientists to examine how sea levels have changed over thousands of years, according to Varawut Silpa-archa, Thailand s natural resources and environment minister. As well, it will help researchers gain a better understanding of the evolution of the species.
The three Rhinolophus species that have so far been shown to be carriers of coronaviruses linked to SARS-CoV-2 cannot be found in Singapore. - AFP
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Horseshoe bats carrying coronaviruses very similar to the one that causes Covid-19 have been found outside China, so the pandemic may not necessarily have originated in the country, say scientists in a new study.
It is likely that the virus arrived at the Chinese city of Wuhan from elsewhere, said Professor Wang Linfa from the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore and one of the study s co-authors.
The study, published on Tuesday (Feb 9) in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, had found a coronavirus in the horseshoe bat Rhinolophus acuminatus in Thailand that was 91.5 per cent similar to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.
Bats carrying coronaviruses closely related to the one that causes Covid-19 found outside China
The three Rhinolophus species of horseshoe bats that have so far been shown to be carriers of coronaviruses linked to Sars-CoV-2 cannot be found in Singapore. Photo: AFP The Straits Times, Singapore The Straits Times, Singapore
Horseshoe bats carrying coronaviruses very similar to the one that causes Covid-19 have been found outside China, so the pandemic may not necessarily have originated in the country, say scientists in a new study.
It is likely that the virus arrived at the Chinese city of Wuhan from elsewhere, said Professor Wang Linfa from the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore and one of the study s co-authors.
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