Watch the video below on the impacts of the eruption of Mt Semuru.
What are the impacts of the eruption?
Why do people live near volcanoes despite the threats of volcanic eruption?
The diagram below shows how volcano Semuru is formed.
Why are active volcanoes found near plate boundaries such as the Ring of Fire?
Refer to this interactive from channel news Asia on Singapore global food sources.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/brandstudio/sgfoodsources
Check out the WorldCover map which contains 11 different land cover classes at 10 m resolution From cropland or grassland to permanent water bodies over built up areas and much more.
Interesting interactive from ST on reducing CO2 https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2021/10/singapore-carbon-emissions-climate-change/index.html?shell
What are the social and economic impacts of the eruption?
Where is La Palma located?
When did the Cumbre Vieja volcano erupt?
Why is there a need for coastal protection?
What are the hard and soft engineering measures used?
How do the measures help to protect the coastal areas?
Protecting the biodiversity of Mangrove in Pulau Ubin - watch the video here
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/coastal-protection-projects-build-resilience-singapores-coastlines-pulau-ubin-2201021
Pulau Ubin Virtual Tour
Look at how crabs are caught from the mangrove
Why is the earthquake unusual?
Why is the earthquake damaging?
What cause aftershocks and why is it damaging?
What are the short term and long term responses to earthquakes?
Italy recorded a temperatures of 48.8 degree Celsius in Sicily on Wed 8 Aug 2021.
Why are temperatures higher in Europe between July and August?
What are the impacts of heatwave?
Where are the areas affected by the heatwave in August 2021?
What can be done to mitigate climate change?
How can we play a part in mitigating climate change?
Wild fires on the rise
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58130893.amp
Read the IPCC report on climate change which warns of increasing temperatures, extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding.
Almost every nation on Earth signed up to the goals of the Paris climate agreement in 2015. The pact aims to keep the rise in global temperatures well below 2 degree Celsius this century and to pursue efforts to keep it under 1.5 degree Celsius.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58130705
Solar panels and hydroponics on the rooftop of our school in Punggol.
Why is Green efforts essential in our community?
How does this effort helped us to fulfil energy reset and a resilient future under Green Plan 2030?
https://www.greenplan.gov.sg/key-focus-areas/resilient-future/
What is to be blamed for the decline in the water level in
Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, Tonle Sap in Cambodia?Station readings at the lake recorded a level of just 3.86m on 31 Aug, 2021 which is nearly 1m lower than in 2020 and about half the normal average at this time of the year.Upstream dams, constructed along the upper Mekong river in Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and China - where the river is known as Lancang - withholding water are a contributing factor to the lower levels of flow into the lake.
Data from the Mekong Dam Monitor, an online platform that tracks indicators in the Mekong basin, shows that more than 12 billion cubic metres of water have been held back by 45 upstream dams since early July.Climate change is also creating havoc with the timing and intensity of the monsoon season, further disrupting the natural behaviours of the lake system and decimating agriculture in Cambodia.