Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "barrier reefs"

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    • At 86, still a marine biodiveristy champion 

      Grafe, Nova Veraley; Acedo, Celia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 1, 2015, on page A9)
      His silver hair and well-toned skin hardly reveal his age of 86 years. In fact, listening to him talk in his usual passionate and thickly accented manner, one may even imagine him to be a few decades younger. Speaking about ...

    • Barrier Reef caretaker breaks with gov't, urges action 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 20, 2019, on page A14)
      The agency that manages the Great Barrier Reef broke ranks with Australia’s conservative government to call for the “strongest and fastest possible action” against climate change to save the world heritage marine wonder. ...

    • Calatagan-where natural reefs thrive along with artificial ones 

      Santos-Viola, Carlos (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2010, on page F-2)
      With my drive buddies Ramon and Dennis Nakpil, and with guest diver and friend Ed Hontiveros, I drove to Calatagan recently for a dive excursion. After an easy 2 ½-hour drive, we reached this town in Batangas, whose name ...

    • Little fluffy clouds may help save the Great Barrier Reef 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 29, 2021, on page A9)
      To slow the speed at which high temperatures and warm waters bleach the corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australian scientists are spraying droplets of ocean water into the sky to form clouds to protect the environmental ...

    • Mangrove give way to big business 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 2, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      The Tombonuo homeland in northern Borneo had been home to mangroves, saltwater-loving trees that anchor a web of life. Now the trees are gone after a Malaysian company bulldozed swaths of mangroves to make space for ...

    • Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world's coral reefs 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 14, 2017, on page A6)
      Corals are invertebrates, living mostly in tropical waters. They secrete calcium carbonate to build protective skeletons that grow and take on impressive colors, thanks to a symbiotic relationship with algae that live in ...