Jonathan Ren

Turf City is an area in Singapore home to multiple outdoor activity and food establishments, and even an old junk shop for second-hand shopping. The area is unfortunately destined to be demolished and developed. What will its loss mean for Singapore?

Our new research group the "Wetland Carbon Lab" is looking for PhD students interested in clarifying the role tropical wetlands play in the global carbon budget. Come and join us! @ntu_ase @NTUsg

The feedback period for development at Turf City closes on 20th June - write in at (form.gov.sg/6644a03ec65df4…) for your feedback! Development is definitely going to happen, but we need to ensure that it is done sustainably. Also see; tinyurl.com/48j9hkb7 #Singapore

Great article on CNA, what have we given up for the sake of economic progress? or in this case one cruel landowner... cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/living/thambi-…

Our stay in the forest in Cuvette, Republic of Congo, shows that peat forest plays an essential part in the life of the villagers living near it. Firstly for fish - and fishing is the main source of food and income. 1/ 🧵

Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution theguardian.com/environment/20…

In a sane society this would be the most well known image in the world. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen it printed or broadcast by the news media or referenced by a politician or mainstream journalist.

Earth Day messaging is still stuck at the "recycle harder" level, when what we need is the "sue & disrupt the fossil fuel industry out of existence and put the executives who've spread lies in prison, as billions of lives and life on Earth is at risk" level

Amazon forests green-up in dry years, how about tropical Asia? Awesome study led by @SatriawanTin showed strong green-up of SE Asia during the 2015/16 El Niño, with likely different reasons for continental and maritime SE Asia. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

Open-water pools are distinct microforms within northern #peatlands. Yet, they are often ignored in peatland ecosystem #GHG budgets. In this new study, we explain the biogeochemical importance of peatland pools at the ecosystem and global scale. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Indonesia’s climate targets depend on peatland and mangrove ecosystems – we explain in our new @PNASNews paper “Refining greenhouse gas emission factors for Indonesian peatlands and mangroves to meet ambitious climate targets” #bluecarbon #naturebasedsolution

Back from #Kenya where we installed automated devices to estimate the #water balance of a catchment in the Eastern Rift Valley. The tectonic lake levels in this region have recently increased and forced communities to move further inland. @JonathanRen12 @NUSgeog @LICOR_ENV

Indonesia has been clearing thousands of acres of densely vegetated peatland for farming, releasing massive amounts of carbon that had been sequestered below for centuries and destroying one of the Earth’s most effective means of storing greenhouse gases. wapo.st/47LEJjo

@P_Taillardat thanks Pierre!

@JonathanRen12 @theAGU Enjoy and have fun!

I'm at #AGU23 talking about my PhD research: tying results from palaeoecology and field experiments together, and the implications for understanding tropical peat accumulation. i will be presenting at 08:50 - 09:00 PST at MC, 3007 - West! @theAGU

‼️Exciting News! Our latest research paper on the fascinating world of food plants and human indicators from fossil pollen records has just been published in @Nature Sci Data. 📜 Thread #HumanHistory #paleoecology @BioUiB @IBED_UvA @mohnfoundation Paper: rdcu.be/dqf1e

Climate scientists are tearing their hair out, so why are millions not in the streets demanding #ClimateActionNow? Watch and share @MrNishKumar helping @FrediOtto rouse the masses in the latest punchy "Climate Science Translated" video! 🔥🌎 #NoNewOil #ClimateCrisis #Language

While we are losing a truly unique area with high social-cultural and ecological significance, we can all start looking forward to more (unaffordable) housing and a new MRT station (in an already well connected area), hooray!! #Singapore #development #sustainability

Indeed, construction is already underway so this is likely too little too late. But these responses really brought a sense of hopelessness. When it comes to national development, how much say does the public have?

Roughly a month ago I shared my article about the clearance of Turf City. At the same time, I emailed government agencies including @PAPSingapore @URAsg @LTAsg @MNDSingapore . The responses were not confidence-inspiring, and made me wonder what else will be lost...(thread)