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How We Can Identify Climate-Vulnerable Neighbourhoods And Protect Inhabitants

January 27, 2024

The Netherlands is working to protect its climate-vulnerable neighbourhoods It is not the disaster of large floods, but the stacking of smaller damage from climate change that will likely become…

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How We Can Identify Climate-Vulnerable Neighbourhoods And Protect Inhabitants

January 26, 2024

The Netherlands is working to protect its climate-vulnerable neighbourhoods It is not the disaster of large floods, but the stacking of smaller damage from climate change that will likely become…

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How to make our cities greener, healthier, wilder and fairer

October 4, 2021

By 2050, 68% of the world’s population is expected to live in a city; Rapid urbanization threatens biodiversity, but cities can be critical spaces to address this with solutions that,…

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Greener spaces would allow children to be more connected with nature. Image credit - Fas Khan / Unsplash

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Cities that connect people and nature are a post-pandemic priority, conference hears

July 7, 2021

Care homes that let people age with integrity, green kindergartens and community centres that bring together people of all ages were some of the visions for how to build a…

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Researchers Discover New Species Of Orchid That Is Native And Endemic To Singapore

June 21, 2020

An endemic species of orchid, Nervilia singaporensis, was discovered in July last year at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve by researchers from the Singapore Botanic Gardens. The genus Nervilia was, until recently, thought to…

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NTU Scientists Transform Ultra-tough Pollen Into Flexible Material

March 24, 2020

The findings, published in Nature Communications, show how they used a simple chemical process akin to conventional soap-making to turn pollen grains from sunflowers into soft microgel particles that respond to…

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Social Media, Nature, And Life Satisfaction: Positive Connection Between Nature Experiences And Happiness

March 11, 2020

The economic and ecological impacts of nature on humans have long been established with prevalent environmental issues such as climate change and over-exploitation of natural resources being the first to cross…

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NParks To Work With The Community To Transform Singapore Into A City In Nature

March 5, 2020

At the Committee of Supply debate, Mr Desmond Lee, 2nd Minister for National Development announced that the National Parks Board (NParks) will work with the community to transform Singapore into a…

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Society

Grey Fingers: Ageing Singapore Uses Gardening To Fight loneliness

December 19, 2019

Since her mother died last year, 74-year-old Lim Yeo Hong has been living alone in a flat on the outskirts of Singapore, scavenging for cardboard scraps which she sells for…

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