Browsing by Subject "heat"
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Heatwaves 'cook' Great Barrier Reef corals
(Panay News,April 20, 2018 , on page 12)Prolonged ocean warming events, known as marine heatwaves, take a significant toll on the complex ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef. This occurs when the stress of elevated temperatures causes a breakdown of the coral's ... -
Japan heatwave threatens famed tuna auction
(Manila Bulletin,August 14, 2018 , on page 5)Fishmongers at Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji tuna auction are feeling the heat as the ageing market’s air conditioners struggle to keep up with a heatwave blanketing the country. The dilapidated market is due to close later this ... -
Japan heatwave threatens famed tuna market auction
(The Manila Times,July 14, 2018 , on page B8)Fishmongers at Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji tuna auction are feeling the heat as the ageing market’s air conditioners struggle to keep up with a heatwave blanketing the country. The dilapidated market is due to close later this ... -
Oceans in hot water, too
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 17, 2018 , on page A6)Even the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves. Off the San Diego coast, scientists earlier this month recorded all-time high seawater temperatures since daily measurements began in 1916. ... -
P'sinan town fish kill damage hits P86.1 M
(The Philippine Star,June 2, 2018 , on page 11)The intense heat and intermittent rains have taken their toll on the bangus industry in this town as around P86.1 million worth of stocks were affected by fish kill. Municipal agriculturist Elizabeth Tomas told The Star ... -
Pangasinan town eyes bangus production moratorium
(The Philippine Star,June 3, 2018 , on page 13)Fish pen owners in this town have agreed on a two-year moratorium in the production of milkfish after P27 million worth of stocks were affected by fish kill in the past week. he moratorium, which was agreed upon during a ... -
Phl accepts limit on greenhouse gases
(The Philippine Star,April 15, 2016 , on page 19)The Philippines became the 63rd member-state to submit its instrument of acceptance of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to limit greenhouse gas emissions. A total of 144 member-states are needed for the Doha amendment ... -
Prawn, shrimp producers hit by heat
(Manila Bulletin,March 11, 2016 , on page 17)Intense heat resulting from the prolonged dry weather phenomenon, El Niño is causing fear among shrimp and prawn growers in this province about the emerging disease called Early Mortality Syndrome ( EMS) or Acute ...