Bioprospecting in high seas – Professor Tan Sri Zakri Abdul Hamid | New Straits Times | April 2, 2018
Oceans cover about 70 per cent of the earth’s surface, and some 70 per cent of the oceans are beyond national jurisdictions. These marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) — commonly called “the high seas” — are places where no country has sole management responsibility (areas beyond the authority of one country). Altogether, ABNJ make […]
Iklim monsun fenomena luar jangkaan – Dr Mohd Fadzil Mohd Akhir
bhrencana@bh.com.my “Monsun dan tengkujuh ni milik orang Terengganu dan Kelantan sahaja sebelum ini”, kata seorang teman saya dari Terengganu sambil berseloroh. Tetapi, bait kata itu melekat di fikiran saya. Musim tengkujuh yang diramal bermula pada penghujung November dikejutkan dengan peristiwa banjir yang melanda Pulau Pinang yang berlaku lebih awal. Ramai yang tertanya-tanya bagaimana ia boleh […]
5 th Asian Youth Forum & 50th Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank in Yokohama, Japan – Mohd Safuan Che Din (PhD Candidate)
On 2nd to 7th May 2017, the 5th Asian Youth Forum (AYF5) in conjunction with 50th Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB) was held in Yokohama, Japan. The event took place in a prestigious hall, the Pacifico Yokohama, gathering around 150 youth from different countries in Asia and the Pacific with the theme of […]
NMDIS-IODE Regional Workshop on the contribution of oceanographic data and information management and exchange to Ocean and Coastal Sustainability
Overview The purpose of the Workshop is to: i) review the status of ocean data and information management technologies, techniques, procedures and/or practices, ii) demonstrate the advantages, cost/benefit and products that can be derived from national, regional and global practices in D&I management oceanographic data management facilities and how IOC/IODE can assist countries in the […]
OTGA Steering Group meets in Ostend, Belgium
21-24 February 2017: OTGA Steering Group meets in Ostend, Belgium The third meeting of the Steering Group for the OceanTeacher Global Academy took place in Ostend, between 21-23 February 2017. During this meeting the Regional Training Centres activities were assessed. The OTGA network of RTCs now includes Colombia, Senegal, Mozambique, Kenya, India and Malaysia, […]
MH370 debris and yellow rubber ducks – Mohd Fadzil Akhir
A day before the prime minister made an announcement confirming that the debris found on Reunion Island was from MH370, Berita Harian published an article entitled “Pakar yakin serpihan ditemui adalah MH370”. Instead of showing any interest, Facebook users started to post unhappy comments, claiming that it was just a way to divert attention from […]
Mampukah sains membongkar misteri MH370 di Lautan Hindi?
“Saya sangat yakin serpihan itu datang dari MH370, ia konsisten dengan simulasi computer yang kita bangunkan setahun yang lepas”, itulah kata-kata rakan kerjasama kami dari University of Western Australia sebaik sahaja dihubungi bagi membincangkan kebarangkalain serpihan yang ditemui di Pulau Reunion itu minggu lalu. Biarpun isu MH370 sudah lama reda sebelum ini, tetapi usaha pencarian […]
INOS deployed second Oceanographic Buoy at Tenggol Isand, Dungun.
INOS telah melabuhkan Boya Oseanografi kedua pada 28 Julai 2015 di perairan Pulau Tenggol, Dungun Terengganu. Kerja-kerja ini telah disertai oleh Ketua Projek iaitu Dr. Mohd Fadzil bin Mohd Akhir dibantu oleh Dr. Azizi Ali (Pegawai Penyelidik INOS), En. Fathy Kameel Mohd Fadzil (Pegawai Sains INOS), En. Mohd Azam bin Mat Yaacob (Pegawai Sains INOS), En […]
Paleo-climate investigation in holocene sediment in South China Sea (UMT- ECU 2015)
Paleo-climate investigation in holocene sediment in South China Sea (UMT- ECU 2015) [youtube height=”315″ width=”560″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8qUbXXSfVM[/youtube] Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) dan East Carolina University (ECU) telah lama bekerjasama dalam menjalankan penyelidikan secara bersama. Sesi kali ini juga diketuai oleh Prof. Dr. Noor Azhar Mohamed Shazili, penyelidik dari Institut Oseanografi dan Sekitaran (INOS) yang melibatkan beberapa Pegawai […]
INOS will lead Malaysia first IOC-WESTPAC project.
INOS today made an important mark in the regional oceanographic arena when IOC-WESTPAC 10th intergovernmental session today accepted new project proposal proposed by INOS researcher Dr. Mohd Fadzil Akhir on behalf of Malaysia delegation. The new proposal entitled “Upwelling studies through ocean data integration towards sustaining ocean health and productivity “ was presented to all […]
