Baywatch: Singapore to study how worst-case scenarios affect local sea-level rise projections

This move to update the Republic’s projections comes after an NTU study showed that global sea-level rise could be higher than earlier projections. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Researchers from Singapore will update sea-level rise projections for the Republic and the region by taking into account what are known as “black swan” events.

These refer to events that are less likely to occur – such as irreversible ice sheet collapse – but can impact low-lying countries like Singapore greatly if they do.