Browsing Manila Standard by Place "Great Barrier Reef"

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    • Barrier reef 'too big to fail' 

      (Manila Standard, June 27, 2017, on page C3)
      Australia’s under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is “too big to fail,” a study said Monday. The World Heritage-listed reef is the largest ...

    • Evidence of coral bleaching on Barrier Reef 

      (Manila Standard, March 2, 2016, on page B7)
      Scientists Tuesday warned coral bleaching was occurring on the Great Barrier Reef as sea temperatures warm, and it could rapidly accelerate unless cooler conditions blow in over the next few weeks. Authorities cautioned ...

    • Oceanarium 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, August 5, 2013, on page B4)
      This undated handout picture released on Aug. 1, 2013 by the Australian Institute of Marine Science shows a researcher with coral in a tank at the National Sea Simulator, or SeaSim, in the northern cityof Townsville. The ...

    • Record coral kill-off on Great Barrier Reef 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, November 30, 2016, on page -C4)
      Sydney - A mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef this year killed more corals than ever before, scientists said Tuesday, sounding the alarm over the delicate ecosystem.

    • Volcanic island may hold key to coral survival 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, April 18, 2017, on page C4)
      Tara, Japan – The key to the survival of the world’s threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say. The seabed of Shikine Island is a “living ...

    • Waste-dumping in WPS not true, says Lorenzana 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 14, 2021, on page A4)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday the dumping of waste in the West Philippine Sea as reported by an American think tank is untrue. “The reported dumping of waste in the WPS is not true. That photo is from the ...