Underwater Visual Census
Ever wonder how the world below the surface looks like? Here are some underwater photos during the recent sampling campaigns I participated in. I collected both FVC data and habitat complexity data.
Deep Work
While walking aimlessly one day at a bookstore, a book’s title caught my attention: “Deep Work”. The book is by Cal Newport, a professor at Georgetown university (USA). I thought this was really something worth reading during my ‘free’ time (aside from the academic papers I am supposed to be […]
Reading journal articles
One of the most frequent tasks given to undergraduate and graduate students is reading or critiquing research articles. Often, you will be tasked with reading more than one paper at a time, so having a technique for quickly reading and understanding the article is of paramount importance. My supervisor gave […]
Zotero Highlighting Colors
Many of us want to capture important information when reading research articles. Doing this on paper is straightforward; you take a highlighter pen and annotate manually. However, in today’s digital age, we often read electronic versions of journal articles using digital devices (e.g., tablets, laptops, e-readers). Extracting information from these […]
Singapore Trip 2023
Last June 19-23, 2023, I attended the Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium (APCRS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). This symposium, held every two years, shares recent advancements and findings in coral reef science. Scientists, researchers, and other stakeholders participate in this event. I was fortunate to be generously funded […]
What is “blue carbon”?
Blue carbon is carbon that is stored and captured by the oceans. The ocean is a significant carbon sink of our planet. Blue carbon ecosystems are the coastal habitats like mangroves, seagrass meadows, and tidal marshes that play a vital role in capturing CO2 in the atmosphere. CO2 is incorporated […]