Tag: environment

Geology, Homeschooling, Life, Local Travel, My Creations, research

How Sponge Cities Can Mitigate Metro Manila’s Flood Issues

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Earlier this month, a fellow MS in Geology graduate who now works with the UP Resilience Institute and I discussed a bold, forward-looking idea: what if Metro Manila could reimagine itself not as a flood-prone metropolis struggling to cope with yearly inundations, but as a “sponge city", an urban landscape designed to live with water rather than fight… Continue reading How Sponge Cities Can Mitigate Metro Manila’s Flood Issues

Geology, Local Travel

The Fabulous Scientist in Her Not-so-Fabulous Moments

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If you're new here, you must have been wondering why I talked so much about art rather than science in my most recent posts. The reason for that is because this blog has been my refuge from all my job and research as a scientist. A quick search on my website, however, will land you… Continue reading The Fabulous Scientist in Her Not-so-Fabulous Moments