Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "acidification"

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    • Coral gardening beckons ecotourists to restore reefs 

      Sheridan, Kerry (Manila Bulletin, July 9, 2015, on page B9)
      Coral reefs are fragile and in danger worldwide, but a growing movement to restore them is based on the science of breaking off pieces in order to grow more, known as coral gardening. It works like this: marine biologists ...

    • Coral reef 'seeding' in Caribbean 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, February NaN, 2013, on page B-8)
      Mats of algae and seaweed have shrouded the once-thick coral in shallow reefs off Jamaica’s north coast. Warm ocean waters have bleached out the coral, and in a cascade of ecological decline, the sea urchins and plant-eating ...

    • Coral reefs face new El Niño threat 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, March 12, 2010, on page 14)
      An international conservation group warned yesterday that the current El Niño episode may have adverse effects on the recovering coral reefs in the country. Gregg Yan, information, education and communications officer of ...

    • Declining fish catch threatens livelihood, food supply in Negros 

      Colmo, Edith (Manila Bulletin, August 22, 2015, on page 13)
      The amount of fish caught around the country is dwindling to dangerous levels which threatens the livelihood of 60 percent of the population dependent on fishing reports a research of Remelyn I. de Ramos of the Marine ...

    • Greenland's rapid ice loss driven by warming seas 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 ...

    • Include oceans in post-2015 goals, UN urged 

      (Manila Bulletin, June 27, 2013, on page B-9)
      Oceans need to be part of the United Nation's (UN) development plans to save the already decaying marine life around the globe, activists urged the UN Tuesday. Stuart Beck, UN representative of Palau island nation smaller ...

    • Scientists tinker with evolution to save Hawaii coral reefs 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, November 12, 2015, on page B8)
      Scientists at a research center on Hawaii's Coconut Island have embarked on an experiment to grow "super coral" that they hope can withstand the hotter and more acidic oceans that are expected with global warming. The quest ...

    • US backs UN call to save oceans 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 ...

    • Whales under threat as climate change impacts migration 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, December 12, 2015, on page 12)
      The sight of thousands of whales surfacing, jumping and playing off the coast of South America as they migrate toward their breeding grounds is one of nature’s most majestic displays. But global warming is killing off their ...