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November 2007 - Posts

Cyclone Sidr - a category 5 storm (Saffir-Simpson Scale)
"Storms batter the country of Bangladesh each year causing hundreds of deaths. Perhaps the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded, the Bhola Cyclone, hit the Ganges Delta in November 1970 leaving up to half a million people dead. Another powerful storm Read More...
Tree fall in NUS
When a tree falls, it takes with it the epiphytic community with it. After the morning's heavy rain... Read More...
"Heartening recovery of Chek Jawa"
Read about your classmate Loh Kok Sheng's recent field work observations at Chek Jawa and the return of the knobbly sea star! [ link ] Read More...
The poisoning of Lake Tai
"In China, a Lake’s Champion Imperils Himself," by Joseph Kahn. New York Times, 14 Oct 2007. [ link ] Read about Wu Lihong, a 40-year-old former factory salesman who "pioneered a style of intrepid, media-savvy environmental work that made Lake Tai , and Read More...