What the tiny but wealthy island city-state of Singapore does will be keenly watched by other populous coastal cities such as Bangkok, Miami, New York, and Shanghai.
During a half-century of independence, Singapore has fought to expand its territory, inch by hard-won inch. On the tip of the Malaysian peninsula, the island city-state piled up sand to expand its coastline and reclaim land from the sea. In that time, Singapore has grown by one-quarter, adding landmass more than twice the size of
Could geothermal energy eventually power Singapore's cooling demand? A team of researchers are working to find out what temperatures lay beneath the soil at a site near the Sembawang hot spring park.