Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "Sea level changes"
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As seas rise, saltwater plants offer hope farms will survive
(Manila Bulletin,June 16, 2015 , on page B-8)On a sun-scorched wasteland near India’s southern tip, an unlikely garden filled with spiky shrubs and spindly greens is growing, seemingly against all odds. The plants are living on saltwater, coping with drought and ... -
ASEAN tackles mangrove management
(Manila Bulletin,August 31, 2017 , on page B-9)The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will try to work out a collaborative sustainable mangrove management in the region amid climate change in a Mangrove Congress September 4-8 in Manila. The Department of ... -
Companies need to wake up to the new normal of climate change
(Manila Bulletin,November 25, 2019 , on page 6)Think wine growers in Australia, ski resort operators in Japan, or fishing and farming communities in the Philippines, whose way of life depends on environmental conditions that are already changing dramatically. In areas ... -
Greenland's rapid ice loss driven by warming seas
(Manila Bulletin,February 16, 2010 , on page B-6)Greenland's continent-sized icesheet is being significantly eroded by winds and currents that drive warmer water into fjords, where it carves out the base of coastal glaciers, according to studies released Sunday. The icy ... -
Iceberg breaks off glacier
(Manila Bulletin,July 16, 2018 , on page 4)An iceberg four miles wide has broken off from a glacier in eastern Greenland and scientists have captured the dramatic event on video. New York University professor David Holland, an expert in atmospheric and ocean science, ... -
Ocean heat hits record high - UN
(Manila Bulletin,March 30, 2019 , on page 1-5)Ocean heat hit a record high in 2018, the United Nations said Thursday, raising urgent new concerns about the threat global warming is posing to marine life. In its latest State of the Climate overview, the World Meteorological ... -
Rising sea levels resolve India-Bangladesh tow over tiny rock island in Bay of Bengal
(Manila Bulletin,March 26, 2010 , on page 25)For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have resolved the dispute for them: the island's gone. New Moore Island in the Sunderbans ... -
Sudden disappearance of Arctic Ice to have disastrous effect, scientist warns
(Manila Bulletin,October 6, 2016 , on page 8)The last of the Arctic’s summer sea ice will melt away completely within the next two years, a Cambridge University scientist predicts, leading to sea-level rise and an acceleration of global warming as the planet’s natural ... -
Top scientists: climate change is real threat
(Manila Bulletin,June 30, 2016 , on page B8)Thirty-one of the country's top science organizations are telling Congress that global warming is a real problem and something needs to be done about it. The groups, which represent millions of scientists, sent the letter ... -
US backs UN call to save oceans
(Manila Bulletin,June 11, 2017 , on page 1-6)The United States (US) on Friday joined all 192 other United Nations (UN) member states in releasing a “Call to Action” to save the oceans but disassociated itself from joint efforts to combat climate change. The declaration ... -
US ignored rising Sea warnings at radar site
(Manila Bulletin,October 20, 2016 , on page B9)The United States (US) Air Force is spending nearly $1 billion to build a radar installation that will help keep astronauts and satellites safe by tracking pieces of space junk as small as a baseball. That is, if global ... -
Venice - losing battle against climate change?
(Manila Bulletin,November 22, 2019 , on page 6)Rains lashed the rest of Italy and to the south, the swollen Arno river threatened the cities of Florence and Pisa. But it was in Venice where the damage was greatest, as the high tide damaged over 50 churches, including ... -
We have 7 endangered cities if ocean levels rise
(Manila Bulletin,July 19, 2017 , on page 12)A massive iceberg, said to be as large as the United States state of Delaware split off from Antarctica’s Larsen C Shelf in the South Pole early this month. The iceberg is said to have an area of about 5,800 square kilometers ... -
World's oceans are heating up at a quickening pace - study
(Manila Bulletin,January 12, 2019 , on page 7)The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said Thursday. The findings in the US journal Science, ...