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The Community Engagement Office aims to build the identity of the Observatory beyond the scientific community, reaching government and leadership, educators, partners, and the media. This is achieved by elevating our scientists’ research and expressing the importance of Earth science awareness through both local and international media, and through the Observatory’s social channels.
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“How COVID-19 and Our Climate Crisis Are Linked”
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A commentary by Professor Benjamin Horton (Earth Observatory of Singapore) and Emeritus Professor Perter Horton (University of Sheffield), published online on 7 July 2020 in One Earth, looks at how the current COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis are signs of the unsustainability of human society and the decreasing resilience of our ailing planet.
Titled “COVID-19 and the Climate Emergency: Do Common Origins and Solutions Reside in the Global Agrifood System?”, the authors discuss whether both events have the same underlying causes and common solutions, and whether they might be rooted in a failing global agrifood system.
Citing declining biodiversity as one of the key factors in the increased outbreaks of zoonotic disease, the authors explained that as man encroach upon the natural habitats of animals, contact between the two will escalate,...
“How COVID-19 and Our Climate Crisis Are Linked”
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A commentary by Professor Benjamin Horton (Earth Observatory of Singapore) and Emeritus Professor Perter Horton (University of Sheffield), published online on 7 July 2020 in One Earth, looks at how the current COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis are signs of the unsustainability of human society and the decreasing resilience of our ailing planet.
Titled “COVID-19 and the Climate Emergency: Do Common Origins and Solutions Reside in the Global Agrifood System?”, the authors discuss whether both events have the same underlying causes and common solutions, and whether they might be rooted in a failing global agrifood system.
Citing declining biodiversity as one of the key factors in the increased outbreaks of zoonotic disease, the authors explained that as man encroach upon the natural habitats of animals, contact between the two will escalate,...
“The Day Anak Krakatau Turned Deadly”
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On 22 December back in 2018, Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted. The collapse of its flank triggered a tsunami that killed more than 400 and injured at least 30,000 people.
To understand how the events of that day unfolded with such catastrophic effect, an international research team led by Research Associate Anna Perttu from the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) turned to the data collected from monitoring stations from all around the region, official reports, as well as satellite and visual observations.
Eruptions produce a wide range of signals. Humans can see and hear some of them only when close enough to the eruption. Monitoring instruments help fill the gap. Satellites can be used to image volcanic plumes that are too high or obstructed from an observer. And seismic and infrasound sensors are able to detect very small ground movements (e.g. earthquakes) and pressure waves (e.g. volcanic explosions).
These waves can travel over very...
“The Day Anak Krakatau Turned Deadly”
[title_1]
On 22 December back in 2018, Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted. The collapse of its flank triggered a tsunami that killed more than 400 and injured at least 30,000 people.
To understand how the events of that day unfolded with such catastrophic effect, an international research team led by Research Associate Anna Perttu from the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) turned to the data collected from monitoring stations from all around the region, official reports, as well as satellite and visual observations.
Eruptions produce a wide range of signals. Humans can see and hear some of them only when close enough to the eruption. Monitoring instruments help fill the gap. Satellites can be used to image volcanic plumes that are too high or obstructed from an observer. And seismic and infrasound sensors are able to detect very small ground movements (e.g. earthquakes) and pressure waves (e.g. volcanic explosions).
These waves can travel over very...
“Using Large Earthquakes to Understand Singapore’s Underground Structure”
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The first results from Singapore’s first island-wide seismic survey unravel some important features of Singapore’s underground.
In March of last year, a team at the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) recorded the ground movements of Singapore using 88 seismometers placed in locations such as schools, parks and weather stations.
We collected a vast quantity of fascinating data using distant earthquakes to image Singapore’s subsurface, and our first set of results were recently published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Seismologists use a technique called receiver functions to look at boundaries between different rocks beneath our feet. The first seismic wave which arrives from a distant earthquake (the P wave) converts to another type of seismic wave (an S wave) at boundaries between rock types. This is known as a...
“Using Large Earthquakes to Understand Singapore’s Underground Structure”
[title_1]
The first results from Singapore’s first island-wide seismic survey unravel some important features of Singapore’s underground.
In March of last year, a team at the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) recorded the ground movements of Singapore using 88 seismometers placed in locations such as schools, parks and weather stations.
We collected a vast quantity of fascinating data using distant earthquakes to image Singapore’s subsurface, and our first set of results were recently published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Seismologists use a technique called receiver functions to look at boundaries between different rocks beneath our feet. The first seismic wave which arrives from a distant earthquake (the P wave) converts to another type of seismic wave (an S wave) at boundaries between rock types. This is known as a...
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