Post Topic Climate

Climate Published By Team Why are some communities more affected by climate issues than others? Climate change is an urgent global issue affecting communities worldwide. While some climate communities, such as drought-struck farmers in India, have their struggles highlighted and…

Climate Published By Team Should economic progress come before the environment? In recent years, the growing effects of climate change, paired with declining economies worldwide, has brought the tussle between economy and climate to the forefront of world politics. While economic…

Climate Published By Xiaoyun A guide which explores the ideas, thoughts and authors that have been floating on my mind and influenced me in one way or another towards environmentalism; and whom I feel deserve way more attention and readership!…

Climate Published By Xiaoyun Why are pythons still around in Singapore, our ‘modern, urban, developed city’? The assumption is that pythons should have gone locally extinct long ago with all the other large predators — the tiger & clouded leopard.…

Climate Published By Neo Xiaoyun I penned down this piece almost two years ago, at the height of the controversy surrounding the crowd at Changi Beach (mostly Carpark 6) who were seemingly picking up marine creatures and collecting them in…

Climate Published By Neo Xiaoyun Reef octopus (family Octopodidae) prefers the reefs and corals in the South as well. They are nocturnal and are able to change the colour and texture of its skin — almost instantaneously—when camouflaging. In this…

Climate Published By Neo Xiaoyun Growing up, my dreams of the sea included scenes of Atlantica (from Disney’s The Little Mermaid). When I went to the beach in Singapore, I was disappointed in comparison. Thus began years of distancing myself…

Published By Neo Xiaoyun Being close to the Coral Triangle, Singaporean waters are home to diverse marine creatures — dolphins, turtles, eagle rays, and a staggering array of beautiful invertebrates from octopus, nudibranch, sea stars, sea cucumbers to ascidians. Life…

Published By Neo Xiaoyun Credits: 2004 Growing up, my earliest understandings of large snakes were heavily influenced by the Anaconda series. The movies showed the sinister side of something long and large that developed a taste for humans. Another…

Published By Neo Xiaoyun June 2022: Python found at 1am. Less than 500m away are a cluster of restaurants and entertainment options that open till late. We believe the python was disoriented after a heavy 2-hour downpour and exited the…