Eco-Business: ‘Boiling frogs for the longest time’: Why Southeast Asia is finally warming to heat research
Learn more about the priorities of the centre for the year ahead and why heat-related research is crucial for Southeast Asia.
8world: 本地学府及医院展开热应力对人类影响研究
As we forecast more hot days to come, we have embarked on our research to better understand the effect of thermal stress on humans, in terms of cognitive performance and learning ability.
Today Online: Why you should care about Singapore’s latest national climate study
Singapore’s third national climate change study released its predictions on how climate change will affect the island nation and we should be concerned. Read on to find out why.
The Straits Times: NUS research centre to lead South-east Asia’s efforts in heat health and productivity
HRPC will be the South-east Asian node for the Global Heat Health Information Network, an information-sharing initiative by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). ST Photo: Jason Quah
CNA Explains: As temperatures hit record highs in Singapore and around the world, what can we do to beat the heat?
Read on to learn what the heat can do to us and how we can do to battle the heat.
NUS Medicine’s Heat Resilience and Performance Centre to lead Southeast Asia’s efforts in heat health and productivity
Absolutely thrilled to announce our role as the Southeast Asian (SEA) Regional Heat Health Node for the Global Heat Health Information Network. Stay tuned as we gear up for our official launch, along with a series of networking forums and workshops in the coming year.
Straits Times: Why runners are swallowing electronic pills to help build next-generation wearables
“We want to develop a system that can signal to people who are nearing their personal thermal thresholds for safety, so we need to collect all these physiological inputs to see how they correlate.”
The Climate and us: Why gadgets could help us deal with extreme heat
Follow us as we describe more about the work that we are doing to increase our understanding of how rising heat in our region affects our health and how our research aims to address these challenges. Photo: BBC Storyworks.
CNA Insight: Asia’s Hottest Summer In 174 Years Of Records: Are We Prepared For More Heatwaves?
We are facing our hottest summer ever. How prepared are you? Click to uncover how we research the effects of heat on the body from 06:35 onwards.
The Washington Post: Amid record heat, even indoor factory workers enter dangerous terrain
Climate change is making it unbearable to labor in Asia’s factories.