Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "barrier reefs"

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    • Aussie Reef 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, February 1, 2014, on page 6)
      The government agency that oversees Australia's great barrier reef on Friday approved a plan to dump vast swathes of sediment on the reef as part of major coal port expansion - a decision that environmentalists say will ...

    • Bohol's mangrove growers get boost 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, February 20, 2017, on page 8)
      Residents in the island barangay of Banacon, this town, which has the largest man-made mangrove forest in Asia in terms of area planted with different species, have been promised more jobs by the Department of Environment ...

    • Coral damage 

      Coopes, Amy (Manila Bulletin, October 9, 2012, on page 11-B-11)
      Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years due to storms, predatory starfish and bleaching linked to climate change, a study found Tuesday. The research by scientists from ...

    • Fears over plasticeating corals 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, February 25, 2015, on page 12)
      Corals in the Great Barrier Reef are eating small plastic debris in the ocean, Australian researchers said Tuesday, raising fears about the impact the indigestible fragments have on their health and other marine life. The ...

    • The ocean is dying (1) 

      Mercene, Floro (Manila Bulletin, May 22, 2017, on page 14)
      The alarming rise in the price of fish is linked to the alarming rise of ocean temperature, which killed the coral reefs in our oceans. Remove the corrals and you remove the marine creatures’ source of food, habitat, and ...

    • The ocean is dying (2) 

      Mercene, Floro (Manila Bulletin, May 26, 2017, on page 12)
      There were many factors that caused the death of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) but among them were drilling for oil and mining and the death blow was global warming. The uncontrolled use of fossil fuels such as carbon, oil, ...