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World News Beats
November 5, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate China unveils massive sea bridge Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world, connecting Hong Kong and Macau to Zhuhai in southern China. The bridge, spanning over 54 kilometers and featuring an undersea tunnel, took almost 10 years and $20 billion dollars to build. As the bridge reduces travelling time in the critical Pearl River delta manufacturing hub, China hopes it will help grow the economy. While China views the bridge as a mark of national pride and "China's engineering prowess", Claudia Mo, a Hong Kong democratic politician, pointed…
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Research Roundup
October 18, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Climate change causes plant community to change in Arctic regions A study has found a relationship between the impact of climate change and the growth of new, taller plants in the Arctic and…
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CLIVE takes People’s Choice Award at MIT contest
October 20, 2014CLIVE (Coastal Impact Visualization Environment) is a project co-directed by an SFU professor. The project won the People’s Choice Award at a major MIT-sponsored contest that concluded in early October. The contest, entitled ‘Communicating Coastal Risk and Resiliency,’ focused on…
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