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    • Great barrier reef gets biggest coral re-seeding 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, November 29, 2018, on page B6)
      Scientists have launched the largest-ever attempt to regenerate coral on the endangered Great Barrier Reef by harvesting millions of the creatures’ eggs and sperm during their annual spawning. The researchers said Wednesday ...
    • Great barrier reef may never recover from bleaching- study 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, March 17, 2017, on page B6)
      Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may never recover from last year’s warming-driven coral bleaching, said a study Wednesday that called for urgent action in the face of ineffective conservation efforts. Record-high temperatures ...
    • Great Barrier Reef risk being added to 'in danger' World Heritage listing 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, November 30, 2022, on page 7)
      Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of "in danger" World Heritage sites, according to UN experts who warned the fading wonder has been "significantly impacted" by climate change. A UNESCO-tasked report ...
    • Great Barrier Reef should be put on ‘in danger’ list-UN panel 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 30, 2022, on page A9)
      Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a world heritage site that is “in danger”, a UN panel recommended on Tuesday, saying the world’s biggest coral reef ecosystem was significantly impacted by climate change ...
    • Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass bleaching 

      BBC (Panay News, March 27, 2020, on page 11)
      Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered another mass bleaching event – the third in just five years. Warmer sea temperatures –particularly in February – are feared to have caused huge coral loss across the world’s ...
    • Great Barrier Reef will die without climate action 

      Bloomberg (BusinessWorld, April 15, 2019, on page S2/7)
      Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef will die unless radical climate action is taken, including phasing out coal-fueled power, the Sydney Morning Herald reported, citing a report by a government agency. The reef will ...
    • Groups alarmed at reef bleaching 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, March 22, 2016, on page B8)
      Environmental groups Monday urged greater action on climate change after the government sounded the alarm over severe coral bleaching in the pristine northern reaches of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The government said ...
    • Heat waves 'cook' corals at Great Barrier Reef 

      British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Panay News, April 20, 2018, on page 12)
      Prolonged ocean warming events, known as marine heatwaves, take a significant toll on the complex ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef. This is according to a new study on the impacts of the 2016 marine heatwave, published ...
    • Heatwaves 'cook' Great Barrier Reef corals 

      Halton, Mary (Panay News, April 20, 2018, on page 12)
      Prolonged ocean warming events, known as marine heatwaves, take a significant toll on the complex ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef. This occurs when the stress of elevated temperatures causes a breakdown of the coral's ...
    • India's Adani to start work of mine near Great Barrier Reef 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, June 7, 2017, on page B5)
      Indian mining giant Adani on Tuesday said it will start work on a huge US $16 billion coal project that environmentalists warn will damage Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The controversial project -- biggest investment in ...
    • Info dissemination vital to curb climate change 

      Simeon, Loiuse Maureen (The Philippine Star, March 28, 2016, on page B-10)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) underscored the importance of proper and timely information dissemination to farmers and fisherfolks in preparation for the adverse effects of climate change. This involves forecasts on ...
    • Is the DPWH killing coral reefs? 

      See, Aie Balagtas (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 10, 2017, on page A19)
      He might get into trouble for it, renowned marine biologist Wilfredo Licuanan himself admitted, but he just had to say it: “The No. 1 destroyer of coral reefs in the Philippines is the Department of Public Works and ...
    • Island may offer clues to coral reefs' survival 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 18, 2017, on page A4)
      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 laboratory” for ...
    • Killing Nemo: Cyanide threat to tropical fish 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 18, 2016, on page A17)
      Many of the real-life Nemos swimming in children's fish tanks were caught using cyanide, according to research published Thursday which flagged the toxic threat to already-stressed corals, the creature's natural home.
    • LGUs asked to protect ‘coral bleached’ Snake Island areas 

      Carino, Conrad (The Manila Times, August 23, 2018, on page B5)
      The Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB) is asking local government units (LGUs) to demarcate “no fishing” zones in “coral bleached” Snake Island, Palawan, to help replenish depleting fish inventory in what ...
    • Little fluffy clouds may help save the Great Barrier Reef 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 29, 2021, on page A9)
      To slow the speed at which high temperatures and warm waters bleach the corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australian scientists are spraying droplets of ocean water into the sky to form clouds to protect the environmental ...
    • Low oxygen levels coral bleaching getting worse in oceans 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, January 6, 2018, on page 12)
      Global warming is making the world’s oceans sicker, depleting them of oxygen and harming delicate coral reefs more often, two studies show. The lower oxygen levels are making marine life far more vulnerable, the researchers ...
    • Mangrove give way to big business 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 2, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      The Tombonuo homeland in northern Borneo had been home to mangroves, saltwater-loving trees that anchor a web of life. Now the trees are gone after a Malaysian company bulldozed swaths of mangroves to make space for ...
    • Mas malaking pag-asa sa pagsalba ng mga corals 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Balita, December 10, 2020, on page 5)
      May kakayahan ang ilang corals na maka-recover mula sa bleaching kahit pa sa mahabang heatwaves hanggat hindi ito pakikialaman ng mga tao, pahayag ng mga siyentista nitong Martes, na nagpapataas sa pag-asa sa mga endangered ...
    • Mass coral bleaching reported in Hawaii 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, October 2, 2014, on page 7)
      Warm ocean temperatures have caused large expanses of coral to bleach in the pristine reefs northwest of Hawaii's main islands, scientists said Tuesday. Mass bleaching has occurred at Lisianski atoll, about 1,000 miles ...