SINGAPORE - The harshest impacts of climate change have been elsewhere so far, but a report published on Monday (Aug 9) indicates that Singapore must brace itself for tougher times ahead.

John Houghton, a Welsh atmospheric physicist who bridged the science, policy and religious communities and served as lead editor of groundbreaking studies for the United Nations' climate science advisory group when it won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, died April 15 in Wales. He was 88.