What do we know about the causes and effects of the haze? Here are eight scientific facts about it.
#3 What you can’t see could kill you.
While PM10 are mainly dust particles from burnt wood and vegetation, PM2.5 are incredibly fine particles that arise from chemical reactions between toxic gases. Our respiratory system is good at removing dust particles, but it does not deal so well with ultrafine particles smaller than 2.5 microns. As such, PM2.5 particles get easily lodged in our respiratory system. Sometimes, it’s the tiniest things that matter the most!
7 Must-Read Stories In October 2015 From driverless cars to liquid microfluidics sensors, research from Singapore is heavily featured in our top articles published in October 2015.
Two From Southeast Asia Win Science Prize for Women 2021 For working to achieve clean water and clean air, Singapore's Dr. Li Hongying and Indonesia's Dr. Neni Sintawardani have won the Underwriters Laboratory-ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women 2021.
Mangrove Deforestation Driven By Rice & Palm Oil Agriculture Conversion of mangrove forests to land for commodity crops has played a significant role in the deforestation of Southeast Asia.
Why SEA Hosts Very Few ‘Influential Scientific Minds’ Only 22 scientists from South-East Asia were named among the 3,000 Most Influential Scientific Minds, almost two-thirds hailing from Singapore.
Southeast Asia Going Nuclear Southeast Asian countries are pushing forward in the use of nuclear power technology, says Barry Desker, Dean of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
The Public Health Cost Of Quasi-Science Speculation about scientific theories without studying the facts may have negative public health consequences. Shuzhen Sim examines why.
