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09 Apr 2019
Geoengineering experiments underway to protect Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from climate change highlight the need for Australian law to catch up, researchers say.

21 Jan 2019
Two students, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have been honored with the 2018 Talent Award of Korea.

23 Nov 2018
Signalling the company’s relentless focus in adding investment and human capital to Singapore’s flourishing deep tech ecosystem

29 Oct 2018
Call for Abstracts - Deadline: November 20, 2018

20 Oct 2018
Advancing Low Carbon Cities in Malaysia
29 Aug 2018
Global commercial fish stocks could provide more food and profits in the future, despite warming seas, if adaptive management practices are implemented. Even so, yields for nearly half of the species analyzed are projected to fall below today’s levels.
27 Aug 2018
A study by researchers at Nagoya University and other universities has indicated that feeding rats a high-sucrose diet only at night, when they are active, ameliorates high levels of fat accumulation in the blood and liver, avoiding the associated adverse effects of metabolic syndrome.
20 Aug 2018
Climate change and other external forces are causing rapid marine community shifts in Japan’s coastal ecosystems. Better understanding of species distribution dynamics, as driven by these factors, can improve conservation efforts and climate change management.
13 Aug 2018
Farmers will need to know how rising temperatures in Thailand will affect their rice crops.
03 Aug 2018
Joint press release by Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute and Hokkaido University.
Abandoned farmlands hold potential for the preservation of wetland and grassland birds as rehabilitation zones.

01 Aug 2018
The Blue Communities project aims to exchange knowledge and experience between UK and Asia on integrated marine management and sustainable use of resources to improve health, well-being and livelihoods of coastal communities in the study areas. University of Malaya hosted the first meeting attended by participants from partnering countries.
01 Aug 2018
An international group of researchers has demonstrated that branching complexity of rivers affects regional population stability and persistence in nature, contrary to current theories which suggest the importance of an ecosystem’s size.
23 Jul 2018
A low-cost method for collecting water from the atmosphere could be used to provide potable water to dry, inland regions.

18 Jul 2018
Maintaining a balance between rising sea levels and soil accumulation will rely on careful management of coastal regions.

18 Jul 2018
The first quantification of wind energy in Saudi Arabia points to high wind power potential for many decades to come.
15 Jul 2018
A new study, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) offers decisive proof that South Korea’s Ulsan city is affected by toxic substances contained in fine dust particles, regardless of the season.
02 Jul 2018
Research reveals the genetic response to heat stress and highlights symbiotic algae’s role.
12 Jun 2018
With the help of citizen science, researchers have unraveled the close correlation between weather conditions and the appearances of a giant slug species, enabling them to predict the slug’s activity on the following day.

30 May 2018
University of Malaya researchers organized a climate change awareness program for secondary school children through fun science activities ‘ExploRace’. The awareness program is hoped to empower and engage active participation from school children to help tackle the climate change issues locally.

25 May 2018
A professor, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has been appointed to the new panel of the Climate Dynamics Panel (CDP).

25 May 2018
South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) celebrated the opening ceremony of the Jülich-UNIST Joint Leading Institute in Advanced Energy Research.
23 May 2018
Rainfall simulations in statistical models could allow accurate prediction of dangerous landslides.
07 May 2018
Color changes in the northern Red Sea indicate rising sea temperatures could significantly impact tropical marine ecosystems.
07 May 2018
An electronic tag that stretches and flexes while it records location and environmental data can monitor marine animals in their natural habitat.
25 Apr 2018
In the longest running study of its kind, researchers found sea urchin populations were strongly affected by human-driven environmental changes.
30 Mar 2018
A new method could help scientists understand how wildlife populations are affected by major natural events, such as hurricanes, severe winters, and tsunamis.

27 Mar 2018
The College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University (QU-CAS) held on March 26-27 its first Sustainable Development Conference aimed to highlight the efforts of the State of Qatar towards the achievement of a holistic sustainable development vision in line with the goals of Qatar National Vision 2030.
13 Mar 2018
Researchers have discovered a rule to predict an arthropod community structure based on the genomic variation in a foundation tree species.

28 Feb 2018
More accurate statistical modeling of extreme weather will improve forecasting and disaster mitigation.
28 Feb 2018
Corals living in highly saline waters may be more tolerant to rising water temperatures.
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