Earth Observatory of Singapore

What Earth Observatory of Singapore does

The Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) is a university research institute hosted within Nanyang Technological University (NTU) that conducts fundamental research on earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and climate change in and around Southeast Asia. The institute organizes its work across four core research areas — Climate, Risk and Society, Tectonics, and Volcano — and applies technologies including satellite geodesy (SAR, GNSS, LiDAR), GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry, coral microatoll paleoclimate analysis, and cloud-based satellite data processing (via a collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory) to characterize geohazards and climate impacts.

EOS maintains a substantial portfolio of long-horizon data assets, including the Gempa Nusantara historical earthquake database (7,380 macroseismic observations covering 1,200 events from 1546 to 1950), coral microatoll records that extend instrumental sea-level data by over 50 years, and paleotsunami records spanning approximately 8,000 years. Its primary customers are government funders — National Research Foundation, National Environment Agency, Ministry of Education, Singapore Land Authority, and PUB — supplemented by corporate funding (Prudential) and international research collaborations.

EOS operates as a non-profit; it does not commercialize research. Outputs are distributed via open-access publications, NTU institutional repositories, public exhibitions at Science Centre Singapore, and media partnerships with Curiosity Stream, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and StarHub TV. The institute also runs education programs including the Asian School of the Environment, a PhD programme, school outreach (e.g., the Phuket Disaster Resilience Project training over 2,400 students since 2016), and documentary and multimedia content such as Changing Ocean Asia and the Earth Girl Mission anime.

Name

Earth Observatory of Singapore

Legal name

Earth Observatory of Singapore

Website

https://earthobservatory.sg

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Earth Observatory of Singapore is a non-profit research institute within Nanyang Technological University that conducts fundamental earth science research on geohazards and climate change in Southeast Asia, serving government funders, scientific communities, students, and the general public through open-access publications and education programs.

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Product category

Earth Science Research

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

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EIA/ESIA Documentation & Technical Studies (Air/Water/Noise/Traffic) (EUAHAAAC)

Keywords

• Earth science research
• Climate change studies
• Geohazard monitoring
• Tectonic research
• Volcano studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Research Grants and Funding: Funded by government agencies including National Research Foundation Singapore, National Environment Agency, and Ministry of Education for conducting fundamental earth science research
2. Academic Research: Research conducted in partnership with universities and institutions, often funded through competitive national research grants

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Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) is a research institute within Nanyang Technological University that conducts fundamental research on earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and climate change in and around Southeast Asia. It organizes its work into four core research groups (Climate, Risk and Society, Tectonics, and Volcano) and supplements this with educational outreach, community engagement programs, publications, and open scientific datasets.

Product overview

The Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) is a research institute under Nanyang Technological University that conducts fundamental research on earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and climate change in and around Southeast Asia. EOS's portfolio comprises four core research areas—Climate, Risk and Society, Tectonics, and Volcano—alongside a broad suite of public engagement and education offerings including Community Projects (documentary series such as Changing Ocean Asia, Climate Impact Asia, and Future Cities Asia; exhibitions such as Earth Alive; games such as Dynamic Earth; and the Earth Girl Mission anime), Earth Science FAQs, Multimedia Resources, Resources for Schools and Educators, Scientific Datasets, and a Publications Archive of peer-reviewed research. The organization also maintains research infrastructure through centres and labs, and offers community engagement programs such as the Phuket Disaster Resilience Project and STAR Residencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Climate Research Programme Research programme on Southeast Asian climate dynamics and climate change impacts, including sea-level rise, paleoclimate reconstruction, and regional climate forecasting. Targeted at the scientific research community, government agencies, and policymakers.
• Risk and Society Research Programme Research programme linking social science and policy inquiry with natural science to support disaster preparedness and community resilience in hazard-affected areas of Southeast Asia. Targeted at governments, NGOs, and disaster management bodies.
• Tectonics Research Programme Tectonic and geodesy research using Southeast Asia's active faults and subduction zones as a natural laboratory to study Earth deformation processes. Targeted at the earth science research community.
• Volcano Research Programme Geologic, geochemical, and geophysical research on volcanic activity and eruption processes, with a focus on Southeast Asian volcanoes. Targeted at volcanologists, geophysicists, and government hazard agencies.
• Community Engagement and Outreach Programme Outreach programme comprising community projects (e.g., Phuket Disaster Resilience Project), documentary series (Changing Ocean Asia, Climate Impact Asia, Future Cities Asia), exhibitions (Earth Alive), and games (Dynamic Earth, Earth Girl Mission). Targeted at Southeast Asian communities, schools, and the general public.

Quantifiable outcome

• Phuket Disaster Resilience Project trained over 2,400 students in disaster awareness across 20 schools
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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Nanyang Technological University (NTU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEOS is an institute within NTU, operating from the university's campus. This institutional relationship provides access to facilities, academic infrastructure, and student talent.
• NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratorycoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration to clone and operate a system developed by NASA that enables massive amounts of satellite data to be processed in a cloud computing environment for land subsidence monitoring.
• Singapore Land AuthoritycoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership to use GNSS station data located around Singapore for research on land-height change and sea level monitoring, part of the SiReNT network.
• NTU Centre for Contemporary Art SingaporeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for STAR Residencies (Science, Technology, Art & Research) programme fostering cross-pollination between artistic and scientific research.
• Science Centre SingaporecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership for exhibitions including 'Earth Alive' and collaborative workshops like 'Dynamic Earth Games' for public education.
• PUB, Singapore's National Water AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research on climate change impacts on Singapore's offshore water resources, including seafloor mapping surveys of the Singapore Strait.
• Multiple International Research InstitutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborations with universities and research institutions worldwide including University of New Mexico, Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy Germany, Norwegian Research Centre, and others on various research projects.

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Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Geoscience Australia: Geoscience Australia is the Australian government agency responsible for geoscientific research, including earthquake monitoring, geodesy, and climate risk analysis. It is comparable to EOS as a government-backed earth science research and advisory body with regional monitoring responsibilities across the Indo-Pacific.
• JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology): JAMSTEC is Japan's national research agency for marine and earth sciences, including seismic, volcanic, and climate research spanning the Asia-Pacific region. It shares EOS's mandate of studying subduction-zone hazards, tsunami risk, and ocean-atmosphere dynamics, and operates from a government-funded institute platform similar to EOS at NTU.
• GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (German Research Centre for Geosciences): GFZ is a leading German geoscience research centre conducting research on earthquakes, geodesy, and geohazards using satellite-based methods analogous to EOS. It is comparable in scientific scope (geodesy, GNSS, SAR) and in operating as a publicly funded research organisation producing open data for hazard assessment.
• GNS Science (New Zealand): GNS Science is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute conducting earth science research on tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, and climate change in the Southwest Pacific. It is the closest peer to EOS in mission, geographic specialisation, and funding model, with a comparable mix of fundamental research, applied monitoring, and government advisory work.

Others

• Asian School of the Environment, NTU Singapore: The Asian School of the Environment is NTU's academic unit co-located with EOS, running related earth and environmental science degree programmes and PhD training. It is comparable as an institutional neighbour that shares faculty, students, and research themes with EOS, and through which many of EOS's research outputs are translated into formal education.
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Caltech/JPL): NASA JPL is EOS's cloud-computing and satellite-data infrastructure partner, cloning and operating a system for processing satellite-based land subsidence data at scale. It is comparable as a partner-side peer in the earth-observation and remote-sensing stack rather than a direct competitor, but is highly relevant for understanding the technological and scientific framework EOS operates within.

Regional players

• National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), India: NGRI is a leading Indian geoscience research institute under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, studying seismology, geodesy, and tectonics. It is comparable to EOS in its focus on regional tectonic and seismic hazards, though its geographic focus is the Indian subcontinent rather than Southeast Asia.
• BRIN (Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia): BRIN is Indonesia's national research and innovation agency, which absorbed the former LIPI and conducts extensive research on tectonics, volcanoes, and climate relevant to the region EOS studies. It is comparable as a Southeast Asia-focused public research body with overlapping thematic coverage, though it operates primarily within Indonesia.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): The USGS is the U.S. government's principal earth science agency, conducting research on earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and climate. It is comparable to EOS as a national-scale geoscience research organisation with a hazard-monitoring mission, although USGS operates at a much larger scale and is not Southeast Asia-focused.
• British Geological Survey: The British Geological Survey is a long-established UK geoscience organisation conducting research on earthquakes, subsidence, and climate. It is comparable to EOS in being a publicly funded geoscience research body that combines monitoring, modelling, and open data delivery, though its geographic focus is broader and less regionally specialised than EOS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/eos_sg
• YouTubeyoutube.com/EarthObservatoryOfSG
• Facebookfacebook.com/128583073890784
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/earth-observatory-of-singapore
• Instagraminstagram.com/earthobservatorysg

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