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Singapore, KL among major cities to face 'unprecedented' climate shifts by 2050
A flooded street seen at the Supreme Court Lane on Jan 23, 2017 after a heavy downpour. (File photo: TODAY/Ernest Chua)
11 Jul 2019 10:12AM
(Updated: 11 Jul 2019 10:50AM)
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KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are among cities that will face “unprecedented” climate shifts by 2050, researchers warned on Wednesday (Jul 10).
Such shifts could include changes in rainfall patterns, leading to more severe flooding and droughts, according to climate scientists from Crowther Lab, a research group based at ETH Zurich, a science and technology university.
The scientists had analysed 520 cities across the world, including all capitals and most urban centres with a population of more than 1 million.
Looking at current climate conditions in these cities - including precipitation and seasonal data - scientists projected what would happen as temperatures rise another half degree, to near the lower 1.5 degree Celsius target set in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
READ: Paris declares 'climate emergency'
Crowther Lab scientists said their study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, is the first global analysis of the likely shifts in climate conditions in major cities as a result of global warming.
The study showed that 77 per cent of the cities it looked at will experience a striking change in climate conditions by 2050.
Additionally, a fifth of the world's cities will experience unprecedented climate changes, such as more intense dry and monsoon seasons, said Jean Francis-Bastin, the lead author of the report.
Of the 22 per cent of cities that will see unprecedented climate shifts, 64 per cent are located in the tropics and include Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Rangoon and Singapore, researchers said.
These cities in the tropics are likely to see the strongest impacts from climate change, the study said, but will experience smaller changes in average temperature.
"It is a change in climate conditions that is likely to increase the risk of flooding and extreme drought," said Francis-Bastin. "It is unknown conditions."
The study may help cities modify their planning to combat specific climate risks, Francis-Bastin said. He said he also hoped it would help persuade people to change their lifestyles to cut planet-warming emissions and cut the risks.
"We definitely and very quickly need to change the way we are living on the planet. Otherwise we are just going to have more and more droughts, flooding and extreme events," he said.
GLOBAL TEMPERATURES TO GO UP 2.4 DEGREES CELSIUS
Across the northern hemisphere, many cities in 30 years’ time could resemble places that are more than 1,000km further south towards the equator, said the study, which projected conditions if current plans to cut climate-changing emissions go ahead.
Globally, temperatures are likely to be 2.4 degrees Celsius warmer on average - enough to kill nearly every coral reef and soar past targets set out in the Paris Agreement.
In Europe, cities will warm by an average of about 2.5 degrees Celsius across the year, but summers and winters could be 3.5 degrees Celsius and 4.7 degrees Celsius warmer, respectively.

 

[AhMeng]

Yeah, finally we will get snow in Sinkieland!

 

[mojito]

Why else you think the billionaires move in and bought yachts and penthouses?

 

[laksaboy]

according to climate scientists from Crowther Lab, a research group based at ETH Zurich, a science and technology university.

They are climate activists. Fearmongering about the climate brings in money for them.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Commentary: As time runs out on the climate crisis, Singapore prepares to address the cost of adapting
The threat of climate change is long term, the size of the investments concerned could be unprecedented and fundamental shifts in how the Government is structured may be needed.
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A flooded street seen at the Supreme Court Lane on Jan 23, 2017 after a heavy downpour. (File photo: TODAY/Ernest Chua)
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By Jaime Ho Chief Editor, CNA Digital
21 Jul 2019 06:38AM (Updated: 21 Jul 2019 10:26AM)
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SINGAPORE: The tone in Environment and Water Resources Minister Masagos Zulkifli’s speech on Wednesday (Jul 17) was unmistakable.
In outlining ongoing extreme weather events worldwide, both closer to home and across Europe and Asia, Mr Masagos said that “time is running out” in the world’s collective ability to avert the calamity that will come if current trends persist.

Last year, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the pinnacle of global scientific research on climate, projected with “high confidence” that global warming is likely to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius between 2030 and 2052.
2030 is 11 years away.
The time has therefore come for clear-eyed assessments of what more must be done.
In the language of climate change, reducing carbon emissions, via policies aimed at renewables, energy efficiency, managing waste and the like, all have one aim in mind – mitigating projected increases in temperature, the concomitant sea level rises and frequency of extreme weather events.

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These initiatives must continue with greater urgency, even for a country as small as Singapore, with minute contributions to global emissions.
In parallel, however, Mr Masagos’ emphasis on adaptation must also be taken as an opportunity to refocus on how we as a society must address the likelihood that the worst climate projections will slowly become reality. And in adapting to it, at what cost?


WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN ADAPTATION?
The Government has already put in place infrastructure initiatives such as ensuring that major projects such as the Tuas Port Terminal and Changi Airport Terminal 5 are built at higher levels above the sea. The Government will also further climate-proof its drainage system to the tune of S$400 million.
With fully one third of the country now sitting at less than 5m above mean sea levels, Mr Masagos announced that more will be done to study how to protect the rest of Singapore.
As Singapore looks even further ahead, three key issues stand out as the Government seeks to undertake these, and more substantial adaptation measures.

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Artist impression of Tuas Port. (Courtesy: MPA)

First, the sheer long-term nature of the threat. Unlike other more unfortunate island states with far more immediate existential threats, Singapore does have the comfort of a slightly longer threat horizon. This, however, can be as much an incentive as a hindrance to immediate action.
As explained by Mr Masagos, for many measures, Singapore will need “to start implementing them now and continue over the next 30, 50 years or 100 years".
For this, the Government must obtain buy-in today for contemporary and long-running investments, funded by current and past generations, which only future generations will likely benefit from.
READ: Climate research centre to study how sea level rise could impact Singapore
Second, there is the size of the investments concerned. Here, Mr Masagos referenced the Netherlands, which already commits around 1 billion euros a year on flood protection and water supply.
And there is also the United States, where Mr Masagos said as much as US$400 billion may need to be spent between now and 2040 to defend its substantial coastlines.
READ: Cutting carbon emissions is costly but refusing is costlier, a commentary
For small island nations, the high cost of adaptation is an even more acute problem. In the face of rising sea levels, unlike larger countries, we have no option of retreat. It is only in building and adapting.
More specifically, as highlighted by the IPCC, the challenges are simply that with large up-front overhead costs, the cost of shoreline protection per capita can be substantially higher for a small island, as compared to a larger territory with a larger population.

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A worker uses a lawn mover to cut bushes next to the financial district in Singapore on June 2, 2014. (Photo: AFP / Roslan Rahman)

The costs are therefore likely to be of an unprecedented scale for Singapore and Singaporeans.
Third, addressing the wide-ranging challenges of adaptation to climate change will require fundamental shifts in how governments structure themselves to better mainstream climate adaptation into overall urban planning.
In the case of Singapore, while the focus on water as a resource has rightfully been front and centre of past and ongoing Government efforts, an expanded whole-of-government approach to water may have to address not just its scarcity, but ironically, the impact that its over-abundance and unpredictability may have on our built environment.
READ: Beyond scarcity and security, does Singapore need a new water narrative? A commentary
In the famously low-lying and flood-prone Netherlands, one ministry – the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management – now oversees issues ranging from transport infrastructure, to the environment water management and climate adaptation.
WHAT ROLE FOR SINGAPOREANS?
Mr Masagos highlighted the role that Singaporeans can and must play in overcoming the challenges of climate change.
For example, he pointed to Singaporeans making climate-friendly choices when it comes to consumption patterns. Going forward, the Government will also convene Singaporeans to work together on the issue of recycling.
While laudable, these initiatives again centre on mitigation. Far more needs to be done to garner common understanding of the need to prepare for adaptation, and in particular the cost of doing so.
For now, Singapore has been fortunate that discussions on climate change have not suffered from the suspicion, denial, politicisation and polarisation that characterises debate in many western countries.

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Environment Minister Masagos Zulkifli speaking at MEWR's 2019 Partners for the Environment forum. (Photo: Matthew Mohan)

The reason is simply that in many of these countries, the cost of climate change mitigation (e.g. in shifting from more pollutive fossil fuels to cleaner renewable alternatives) has been inextricably linked to political questions of cost, economic restructuring, decline and job losses.
In Singapore, discussions on mitigation have been far simpler, focused as they are on the lower-hanging fruit of energy efficiency, recycling and waste reduction. As it stands, with first payments of Singapore's new carbon tax expected in 2020, it remains to be seen what impact it will have on Singaporean consumers.
Discussions on the cost and financing of climate adaptation, however, are inevitable and will sharpen.
So what can be done now?
As a start, there has to be acceptance that there are no easy nor painless answers to climate adaptation.
READ: Singapore, KL among major cities to face 'unprecedented' climate shifts by 2050
READ: Recycling makes you feel less guilty but doesn’t change how huge our plastic problem is, a commentary
For example, there are difficult discussions to be had on whether and how far past and current generations will have to bear the greater burden of financing the cost of adaptation for future generations of Singaporeans.
Relatedly, therefore, Singapore will do well to avoid the generational divide that often splits debate on climate change. Mobilising action for climate change must not be the sole domain of a younger, more activist generation.
Buy-in must involve all Singaporeans, particularly as the substantial cost and trade-offs to adaptation will ultimately have to be spread equitably between and within generations.
The climate challenge that confronts us is a crisis. Time indeed is running out, and all crises demand collective understanding first, before any meaningful action is possible.
Jaime Ho is Chief Editor at CNA Digital

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...singapore-environment-costs-adapting-11737060

 

[laksaboy]

More climate alarmism horseshit.

My hunch is that the Mediacorp/SPH fake news industry is floating these articles into the public consciousness now, which sets up the narrative to justify various 'green' crony-led public projects to spend your precious taxpayer money.

Alternatively, they must perceive the dumbed down millennials (first time voters) to care about climate/environmental issues, so they're doing this to show that they're 'on their side'. The plastic straw ban was a sneak preview.

 

[syed putra]

That means what? Women walking in bikinis? With hijab on?

 

[Hypocrite-The]

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Commentary: As ice caps melt, Singapore a hot spot for sea-level rise
Global warming doesn't only just lead to higher sea levels, it also changes which places see a disproportionate rise in sea levels, says Earth Observatory of Singapore's Benjamin Horton.
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By Benjamin P Horton
23 Aug 2019 06:14AM
(Updated: 23 Aug 2019 06:20AM)
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SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech on Sunday (Aug 18) warned of a future where East Coast Park and the beach was no more. It was totally gone and in its place was nothing but seawater.

Why is the Prime Minister so concerned? Global sea level rose faster in the 20th century than in any of the 27 previous centuries, and observations and projections suggest that it will rise at a higher rate during the 21st century.

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THE CONSEQUENCES OF RISING SEA LEVELS

At this rate, the ocean could be above 1m higher than today by 2100. Here’s what that amount of extra water could mean in terms of probable events unfolding over the next 80 years:

As many as 216 million people displaced.
Seawater moving inland, contaminating aquifers and agricultural soil.
Fish, bird and plants losing their habitats.
Floods on a scale that once occurred every 500 years averaging every five years instead.
Bigger storms with more powerful storm surges.
Low-lying islands completely submerged.
Weather patterns becoming more unpredictable.
Increased shortages of food and water.
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Low-lying Pacific island nations such as the Marshall Islands are threatened by rising seas and
Low-lying Pacific island nations such as the Marshall Islands are threatened by rising seas and storms that have become more powerful and regular due to climate change AFP/GIFF JOHNSON

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THE CRISIS WE FACE

I am very worried about climate change and sea-level rise. I have spent the last 25 years studying the mechanisms that have determined sea-level changes in the past, and how they will shape such changes in the future.

Fundamental to this aim is bridging the gap between short-term instrumental records and long-term geological reconstructions and model predictions.

We have unequivocally shown that the rate of sea-level rise is greater now than at any time in the past 2,700 years.

READ: Commentary: The ocean is changing – it’s getting more acidic

What’s more, the Earth Observatory of Singapore has found a consistent link between changes in the average global surface temperature and sea level over the same period.

Climate isn’t a pendulum and Earth has had periods of ice and heat before, but this is different. Our Earth, the only place we have to live, is being altered by our fossil-fuel-driven industry. We are creating a planet where flooding will become more common and more destructive for the world’s coastal cities.

The Earth's average global temperature has risen by 1 degrees Celsius since the 1880s. Decades of data show a long-term uptick in the release and build-up of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere which is trapping heat and warming up the land, oceans, and atmosphere and the sea levels are rising.

READ: Commentary: Our world is getting hotter, faster

SWALLOWED UP

Global sea-level rise is one of the more certain impacts of human-induced global warming. Rising seas are posing a threat in the Maldives, where more than 90 inhabited islands are experiencing annual flooding.

In the Pacific, five of the Solomon Islands have disappeared already, swallowed up by the ocean.

Closer to home, Cua Dai Beach near the magical Vietnamese town of Hoi An reportedly has several resorts on the brink of collapse and two newly-built resorts never opened because of erosion.

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Low-lying Pacific island nations are threatened by rising seas, while others are pummelled by
Low-lying Pacific island nations are threatened by rising seas, while others are pummelled by cyclones that have become more powerful due to climate change. (Photo: AFP/Fred Payet)

Global warming affects sea level in two ways. About a third of its current rise comes from thermal expansion — when water grows in volume as it warms. The rest comes from the melting of ice on land.

So far it’s been mostly mountain glaciers, but the big concern for the future is the giant ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. If all the ice in Greenland melted, it would raise sea levels by 7m.

Antarctica has enough water to raise sea-levels 65m. That’s more than a third of the height of the Singapore flyer and 7 times the height of the Merlion statue. And you only need to melt a few per cent of the Antarctic ice sheet to cause devastating impact.

Satellite-based measurements of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets show that this melting is accelerating.

For example, Greenland's glaciers went from dumping only about 51 billion tonnes of ice into the ocean between 1980 and 1990, to losing 286 billion tonnes between 2010 and 2018.

SINGAPORE A HOT SPOT FOR SEA-LEVEL RISE

The amount of sea-level rise will vary from place to place. Regional sea-level trends include land subsidence or uplift due to geological processes, the influence of ocean currents and gravity.

The relative influence of these regional factors determines whether rates of local sea-level change are higher or lower than the global average, and by how much.

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Jakarta is one of the world's fastest-sinking cities and is at risk from earthquakes and floods
Jakarta is one of the world's fastest-sinking cities and is at risk from earthquakes and floods AFP/ADEK BERRY

One of these hotspots is Singapore. Because Greenland and Antarctica are so large they exert a significant gravitational pull on water, which means that all the water on the planet is drawn towards the poles.

As the ice melts, however, the force of this pull to the poles weakens. This means more water is drawn to the equator instead.

So, when ice caps melt, a place such as Singapore, which sits almost on the equator, will actually get much more than its regular share of water - about 30 per cent more.

READ: Commentary: As time runs out on the climate crisis, Singapore prepares to address the cost of adapting

As PM Lee said, Singapore has already taken action to reduce carbon emissions, introducing a wide variety of efforts.

The Government also announced in March that it will start a National Sea Level Programme this year to bring together research expertise and better understand how rising sea levels will impact Singapore.

TIME TO ACT BOLDLY

Individual governments, although signed up to various international agreements, still show reluctance to take actions on the scale and with the urgency necessary. Hopefully PM Lee’s speech will change the dialogue.

READ: Commentary: We are on the cusp of a plastic recycling revolution

But for Singapore to decide on the path forward requires robust accurate local projection of sea-level rise. Singapore must invest in the science of sea-level rise before it spends S$100 billion on adaptation measures.

The Asian School of Environment and the Earth Observatory of Singapore at NTU will be a leading research unit in this endeavour.

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Authorities seen conducting an underwater search for a man whom eyewitnesses said walked into the waters and did not resurface. (Photo: Nevin Jacob Thomas)

At NTU, we believe if we act boldly and swiftly, if we set aside our political interests in favour of the air that our young people will breathe, and the food they will eat, and the water they will drink, if we think about them and their hopes and dreams, then we will act, and it won’t be too late.

We can leave behind a world that is worthy of our children, where there’s reduced conflict and greater cooperation – a world marked not by human suffering, but by human progress.

Benjamin Horton is Principal Investigator at the Earth Observatory of Singapore and Chair of the Asian School of the Environment at Nanyang Technological University.
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[laksaboy]

Crowther Lab, a research group based at ETH Zurich, a science and technology university.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crowther_(ecologist)

More climate alarmism bullshit again. They are less scientists and more lobbyists.

Also, the UN's IPCC needs to die.

 

[knowwhatyouwantinlife]

So when ah long releasing land for farming in yck or cck? Maybe marina south also can have farm see sea water can grow what crops

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Commentary: How effectively can Singapore adapt to sea level rise?
Even as Singapore strives to adapt to rising sea levels, let’s not win that battle yet end up losing the larger war against climate change, says the Singapore Management University’s Winston Chow.

As a low-lying island, Singapore is especially vulnerable to the "grave threat" of rising
As a low-lying island, Singapore is especially vulnerable to the "grave threat" of rising sea levels, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned. (File photo: AFP/Roslan RAHMAN)
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SINGAPORE: Singapore isn’t alone in confronting the consequences of rising seas.

Several other coastal cities and small islands also face this hazard, and lessons can be drawn from how they plan for and adapt to it.

Recent research shows three general approaches can be considered when dealing with the threat of sea level rise. First, accommodate the threat, which includes flood-proofing existing buildings and infrastructure, or designating areas that would be allowed to flood during high tide.

Second, retreat from the threat, which includes the removal and reallocation of key infrastructure and assets to areas that the sea cannot inundate.

Third, protection from the threat, which includes planting and managing mangrove coasts, or engineered options like sea walls, land reclamation and polders described during Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech.

Aerial view of polder site at Pulau Tekong
Aerial view of polder site at Pulau Tekong. (Photo: Housing & Development Board)
THE PROBLEM: WE STILL CANNOT ANSWER MANY QUESTIONS DEFINITIVELY

Our best estimates suggest we can expect sea levels rising by at least a metre in Singapore under current emission scenarios by 2100.

It is very likely this magnitude is an underestimate, as recent measurements taken at Greenland indicate melt rates of its ice sheets are significantly increasing every year.

READ: Commentary: A new hot world and the death of Iceland's 700-year-old glacier
Herein lies the challenge: A major consideration in assessing the effectiveness of the options Singapore has in dealing with rising sea levels is that we are unable to definitively answer questions of how much and how fast sea level will rise for Singapore 80 years from today despite access to the best climate models available.

The reason isn’t so much the quality or accuracy of models used for gauging future sea levels in Singapore. The uncertainty arises because these levels depend on how much future global greenhouse gas emissions arise from our actions locally and globally.

The amount and rate of these emissions strongly affects how quickly large continental ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica – these large kilometres-thick ice sheets are the main sources of global sea level rise – melt and contribute water to the oceans.

Hence, the recent governmental initiative to fund S$10 million into future sea level rise research is a welcome one, especially as improved understanding of physical processes affecting sea level rise is critical for adaptation decision-making.

DECISIONS WE NEED TO TAKE IN THINKING THROUGH ADAPTATION

The physical sciences can help in lowering uncertainties of long-term model forecasts of sea levels, but assessing the total effectiveness of coastal adaptation to rising seas requires an arguably more important social scientific approach.

How effective these adaptation measures are strongly depends on the confluence of several factors. First, the role of geography, such as questions of “is there a hinterland that enables coastal retreat?” or “how does the natural or pre-urban coastline historically adapt to rising sea levels?”.

READ: Commentary: As ice caps melt, Singapore a hot spot for sea-level rise
Second, the types of coastal land use exposed, such as the proportion of commercial, residential or industrial areas subject to flooding from rising seas.

Third, the prevailing socio-economic context, with important questions such as “are there areas of commercial and cultural heritage are worth protecting more than others?”, or “are there socio-political and economic resources to implement these for the long term?”

In Singapore’s case, two relevant examples apply. First, identifying low lying flood-prone areas will not give a full picture of the total vulnerability to rising seas of a region.

What’s needed is an assessment of the costs accrued when installing and maintaining coastal protection, and the potential loss of natural ecosystems during its construction. These costs must then be balanced against the benefits of protecting critical infrastructure and property of financial and historical value.

This evaluation requires an in-depth socio-economic assessment of current and future land use, as well as the value judgments of existing natural capital or its ecosystem services provided. The net cost-benefits are needed prior to deciding on the coastal adaptation option.

WHAT’S NEEDED TO DECIDE ON LONG-TERM PROTECTION MEASURES

Second, evaluation of the long-term resilience of each protection measure to increasing sea levels is needed.

An engineered dyke or sea wall for polders may be relatively inexpensive and quick to construct, but it serves one protective function and can be prone to catastrophic failure under severe events.

Reclamation work at Marina Bay in 1977
Reclamation work at Marina Bay in 1977. (Photo: Urban Redevelopment Authority)
READ: Commentary: Venice flooding is getting worse – and the city’s grand plan won’t save it
In contrast, a reclaimed coastline with a restored mangrove buffer – like in Chek Jawa or Sungei Buloh – may take more time to develop and requires more careful management.

However, this buffer has multiple functions; mangroves can naturally “adjust” to rising sea levels to protect inland areas while reducing coastal erosion, as well as providing both a natural habitat for wildlife, and a recreational park space for visitors.

In this case, multi-disciplinary research suggests that nature-based adaptation solutions, which often provide more than one function when protecting coasts from hazards, likely result in more resilient outcomes.

Such research, combining science with humanities and social sciences, is clearly needed before deciding on long-term protection measures to sea level rise in Singapore.

WINNING THE BATTLE BUT LOSING THE WAR

Even when all relevant research is completed, and the “best” measure selected to protect Singapore from rising seas, we must not lose sight that adaptation to climate change alone is insufficient.

Mitigation, through reductions of total carbon emissions causing climate change, must go hand-in-hand with adaptation.

READ: Commentary: Carbon emissions? Sorry but I will keep flying until someone stops me
Napping under the sun during a spell of hot weather in Singapore
Napping under the sun during a spell of hot weather in Singapore. (File photo: Marcus Mark Ramos)
The S$100 billion that may be spent on adaptation is likely an underestimate; especially when climate science indicates it is virtually certain sea levels will continue to rise beyond 2100, and more resources would have to be spent on maintaining coastal protection in Singapore in the 22nd century.

Further, there are other short-term climate risks that will affect Singapore before sea level rises beyond a metre.

These include direct climate impacts such as heatwaves, severe storms, droughts and floods, and their indirect effects on food, water, and disease. These cumulative impacts also require potentially costly adaptation measures.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

 

[laksaboy]

Such shifts could include changes in rainfall patterns, leading to more severe flooding and droughts, according to climate scientists from Crowther Lab, a research group based at ETH Zurich, a science and technology university.

More climate alarmism from so-called 'scientists'.

The million-dollar researcher
21.02.2018
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2018/02/portrait-tom-crowther.html

The ecologist Tom Crowther only recently joined ETH Zurich as assistant professor. Virtually his first achievement was to win a grant offering potential research funding of more than 17 million euros over the next 13 years.

 

[Leongsam]

Yawn... where have I heard all these dire warnings before..... oh yes the Ice Age was upon us!!!!

 

[Leongsam]

 

[Leongsam]

Hey sinkies stock up on winter clothing and trade in your car for a sled or snowmobile.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Heavy downpour causes flash flood at Joo Seng Road; same spot flooded for eight years - The Online Citizen
The Online Citizen
A member of the public has highlighted to TOC that a flash flood has occurred near Block 14 and 15 at Joo Seng Road today (30 April) due to heavy rain this evening.

Based on the video sent to us by the netizen, one can see that almost half of the parked vehicles’ tyres were submerged in water, while another car can be seen manoeuvring slowly through the flood.

The man also pointed out that this is not the first time this place has been flooded following a heavy downpour. He added that this has been happening for eight years now.

In fact, the netizen shared with us a photo of the same location being flooded taken back in 2016.


If that’s not all, he also mentioned that the same spot was also covered in water causing inconvenience to the public in 2012. However, no picture of this was taken.

But, national water agency PUB took to its official Facebook page in 2012 to note about this flooding incident.

According to today’s weather report by the National Environment Agency (NEA), it stated that most areas in the city-state will be experiencing rain, with some areas even experiencing thundery showers.

TOC has reached out to Associate Professor Fatimah Lateef (MP for Marine Parade GRC) for her comments on this matter and is yet to receive a reply.

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Heavy downpour causes flash flood at Joo Seng Road; same spot flooded for eight years - The Online Citizen
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A member of the public has highlighted to TOC that a flash flood has occurred near Block 14 and 15 at Joo Seng Road today (30 April) due to heavy rain this evening.

Based on the video sent to us by the netizen, one can see that almost half of the parked vehicles’ tyres were submerged in water, while another car can be seen manoeuvring slowly through the flood.

The man also pointed out that this is not the first time this place has been flooded following a heavy downpour. He added that this has been happening for eight years now.

In fact, the netizen shared with us a photo of the same location being flooded taken back in 2016.


If that’s not all, he also mentioned that the same spot was also covered in water causing inconvenience to the public in 2012. However, no picture of this was taken.

But, national water agency PUB took to its official Facebook page in 2012 to note about this flooding incident.

According to today’s weather report by the National Environment Agency (NEA), it stated that most areas in the city-state will be experiencing rain, with some areas even experiencing thundery showers.

TOC has reached out to Associate Professor Fatimah Lateef (MP for Marine Parade GRC) for her comments on this matter and is yet to receive a reply.

When a pondan is running the country, expect plenty of ponding.

 

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quick! better stock up on boba tea powder and "pearls".