Chek Jawa: Monkeys and Memecylon

There was a monkey on the Chek Jawa boardwalk today!
Ley Kun and I were doing the monthly Naked Hermit Crab walk at the boardwalk. This is my first time seeing a monkey approach humans on Ubin.

Dredging and massive reclamation next to Labrador until Oct 10

Dredging and reclamation works lead to high levels of sediments and thus murky waters. Like haze in the air, this 'cloudy' water is not good for our marine life.The massive reclamation at Pasir Panjang continues until Oct 10. This huge site is next to Labrador's shores, near Sentosa's natural shores and close to Cyrene Reef.

from Port Marine Notice No. 40 of 2010 dated 21 Apr 2010

Podcast of Life: Coral Reefs by EOL

Can reefs spring back from devastating bleaching events? The latest Podcast of Life from the Encyclopedia of Life features coral reefs and the work of Ari Daniel Shapiro and researcher Dr.Randi Rotjan of the New England Aquarium,.

The Coral Podcast also has educational materials for teachers to use in classes of varying age groups, covering topics such as "Introduction to Coral Reefs" and "Pros and Cons of Artificial Reefs".

Earth Day in Singapore

ECO-Singapore is launching Million Acts of Green as part of Earth Day celebrations.
The website showcases Singaporeans' efforts to preserve our environment and will be a repository of green acts committed by individuals and organizations in Singapore every day.

What is Earth Day?

A peek at Singapore's coral nursery

How's Singapore's first coral nursery doing?

Here's some great video clips of the work being done on the nursery during a visit on 18 Apr.

Sentosa: Staid blobs and galloping star

This morning, we are glad to show Serina of the Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) some of the ascidians on Sentosa. She is preparing for the workshop on ascidians next month.
Here's some of the common ones usually seen on our shores: Little blobs that look like green gum drops, the red striped 'Thumbs up' sea squirt, yellow clustered blobs and some that form layers.

Special plants of Sentosa are fruiting!

Sentosa's natural shores at Tanjung Rimau edge a natural cliff cloaked in special plants.
Today, I was hoping the special mangrove trees there are fruiting.

Changi: studded with pink sea urchins!

Today, the seagrasses at Changi were sprinkled with small pink sea urchins!

Semakau swiftly with flaring on Pulau Bukom

Another predawn start for the low tide, this time with TeamSeagrass to Pulau Semakau.
As we approach Pulau Semakau, we could see that flaring is still going on at Pulau Bukom's petrochemical installations!

There are two black plumes rising up from the huge flare as we head out to our monitoring sites at Pulau Semakau's vast seagrass meadows.