Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "ice melting"

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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 ...

    • Companies need to wake up to the new normal of climate change 

      Drew, Jonathan (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 

      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 ...

    • Sea level rise accelerating 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 15, 2018, on page B8)
      Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows. At the current rate, the world's oceans on average will be at least 2 feet (61 centimeters) ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...