Cover Story: Environmental and Climate Change

• Global Climate Change and Atmospheric Particulates
  Greenhouse gases are not the only anthropogenic causes of climate change.

• Measuring Emissions of Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollutants in Cities
  NUS researchers use new techniques to measure emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants from all types of sources in urban neighbourhoods..

• The Urban Heat Effect
  NUS researchers measure, assess and mitigate heat in cities..

• Cooling the Urban Tropics
  As tropical cities expand rapidly, more urban dwellers are subjected to the negative climatic consequences of haphazard urbanization. The good news is possibilities to mitigate urban warming can be found within the urban form itself..

• Living in the Anthropocene
  Solving the global sustainability crisis: the role of sustainable biofuels..

• Singapore's Climate Change Policy and Carbon Emissions
  Is Singapore part of the problem, or can it be part of the solution?.

• Climate Change Must be Tackled Within the Framework of Sustainability
  Nobel laureate Al Gore did a wonderful job bringing the issue of climate change and global warming to the world's attention. As policymakers and academics are coming to realise, mitigating climate change takes more than just cutting carbon dioxide emission..

• Effective Water Governance and Development: Asia's Critical Challenges
  The solution to water access problems in the region is a combination of policy reform and technology solutions ¨C one will not be effective without the other..

• CENSAM and Singapore's Environment
  An international research programme seeks to understand interactions between Singapore and the surrounding environment..

• Studying Environment and Climate Matters at NUS
  NUS helps combat the multi-faceted and integrative challenges of climate change by nurturing students in its cross-disciplinary programmes..

Features

• Ensuring Water Quality
  Let the fishes tell you if your water is safe.

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• Energy Harvesting Without Batteries
  The world now has solar panels which power street lamps and bicycle dynamos that power lights. With more innovations harvesting energy for such purposes, batteries may soon become a thing of the past..

• Nature's Wonder - Spider Silk
  Spiders are known as natural enemies to rice pest and their venom has been investigated for medicinal uses. Now, even their silk has come into play...

• The Brain and Complex Decisions
  NUS researchers investigate the processes our brain goes through when we make complex decisions..

• The F₁ Solution to the Global Food Crisis
  High-yielding F₁ hybrid oil palm varieties will help to mitigate world hunger and environment woes..

• Innovation Strategies for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
  In order for SMEs to survive, a fundamental objective is to get rid of the idea that only large organisations are capable of carrying innovative activities..

Departments

• Editorial
  Environmental and Climate Change.

• In Brief
  Innovative highlights in various fields.

• Industry Updates
  Significant industry development.

Viewpoint

• Innovation - The Way Through Recession
  When the going gets tough, the tough get creative!.

• Fighting Climate Change with Diet Change
  A good way to cut carbon emissions is to change what you eat..

Spotlight

• Finding a New Green Protocol for the World
  From the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Associate Professor Shreekant Gupta shares his opinions on the future after the Kyoto Protocol..

• A Boost to Singapore's Translational Research
  INNOVATION speaks to site head of the Schering-Plough Translational Medicine Research Centre..

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