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Reflections riding on a blue wave

Its return shows that we need spaces where nature can communicate with us

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Bioluminescent waves at Changi Beach, on March 25, 2022. 

Bioluminescent waves at Changi Beach, on March 25, 2022. 

ST PHOTO: THADDEUS ANG

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The return of the bioluminescent waves to the Republic’s southern shore last week brought me back to the first time I saw the sea come alive with its glow in March.

I had gone with the microbial ecologists from Nanyang Technological University who were there to collect samples and was persuaded to swim in the sea after being convinced of its safety.

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