Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "Sea level changes"

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    • Ancient reef raises hopes for corals seas warm 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 6, 2010, on page A22)
      Australian scientists said they had discovered a sprawling ancient reef in chilly southern waters which could hold new hope for the future of coral as sea temperatures rise. Researchers used high-resolution sonar and ...

    • Big aquaculture company bulldozes Borneo mangroves 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 2, 2018, on page A6)
      Not long ago, the clearing had been home to mangroves, saltwater-loving trees that anchor a web of life stretching from fish larvae hatching in the cradle of their underwater roots to the hornbills squawking at their crown. ...

    • Climate change threatens RP aquaculture 

      Remo, Amy R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 27, 2007, on page B8)
      If Climate Change continues, the country's fisheries and aquaculture sector would soon to be sailing into rough seas, said the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center. Dr. Angel Alcala and Dr. Joebert Toledo painted ...

    • Eaten by the sea: Climate change, rising sea levels erode French coastline 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 16, 2021, on page A11)
      After fleeing to France to escape the Spanish Civil War, Amalia Romero’s family eventually managed to build a home on the south coast directly looking out over the Mediterranean. But today, the sea is gradually gnawing ...

    • French leader to make PH Ground Zero in climate action 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 25, 2015, on page A6)
      On the historic first visit of a French head of state to the Philippines in February, French President François Hollande will be seeking the help of a country battered—but never defeated—by climate change. France is turning ...

    • Greenhouse gases hit record highs in 2014 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 18, 2015, on page A20)
      In 2014 the world's oceans swelled, major greenhouse gases that fuel global warming hit record highs and the planet's surface temperature reached its hottest point in 135 years, international researchers said Thursday. "If ...

    • 'Like the Molave' in coastal greenbelts 

      Doyo, Ma. Ceres (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 30, 2012, on page A13)
      And so it is gratifying to know that our marine scientists are focusing on the Philippines’ endangered mangrove associates and other beach forest species. Dr. Jurgenne Honculada Primavera and Dr. Resurreccion “Rex” B. ...

    • Need for environmental literacy 

      Garcia, Moises Norman; Cobar-Garcia, Maria Rosaro Virginia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 2, 2016, on page A16)
      Nowadays, no one could deny the urgency of the major environmental problems, particularly global warming and climate change, because of the threat to humanity’s existence. The cause is the unprecedented greenhouse gas ...

    • PH warned anew of climate impact 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 30, 2019, on page A19)
      More than 100 scientists from 36 countries worked on this report on the ocean, citing nearly 7,000 scientific papers and eliciting more than 31,000 comments during the reviews. The report observed that the global ocean, ...

    • Sink or swim: Climate change documentary ‘Anote’s Ark’ chronicles Kiribati’s resistance from getting ‘swallowed by the sea’ 

      Asilo, Rito P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 27, 2020, on page C6)
      There are a lot of Solomo­nic life-or-death choi­ces the global community must make in these trying times, the most urgent of which involves the untold ha­voc wreaked by the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. But ...

    • 'Waterworld' folk tap solar power for clean drink 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 8, 2018, on page A4)
      It has been 20 years since the 111 families living in the Del Rosario Compound at Barangay Coloong, Valenzuela City, last saw the ground where their houses stand. Rising sea levels and several reclamations and mega dike ...