Browsing by Subject "carbon dioxide"
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Carbon dioxide threatens: Tropical coral reefs
(Manila Bulletin,February 3, 2000 , on page B-11)As if there weren't already enough threats to coral refs, now scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have found that carbon dioxide (CO2) dissolved in seawater could be a direct threat to these ... -
Climate change signals Earth in danger zone
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 17, 2015 , on page A23)Climate change and high rates of extinctions of animals and plants are pushing the Earth into a danger zone for humanity, a scientific report card about mankind’s impact on nature said on Thursday. An international team ... -
Climate change threatens RP aquaculture
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 27, 2007 , on page B8)If Climate Change continues, the country's fisheries and aquaculture sector would soon to be sailing into rough seas, said the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center. Dr. Angel Alcala and Dr. Joebert Toledo painted ... -
Climate change will stall PH, SE Asia growth
(Malaya,January 12, 2016 , on page A1-A4)Climate change will stall growth in Southeast Asian countries including the Philippines. David Raitzer, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department project officer and economist, said ... -
Climate scientist debunks ‘sea level rise alarm,’ UN climate agenda crumbling
(The Manila Times,December 14, 2018 , on page A4)Many Filipinos have bought the climate change (global warming) dogma for two key reasons: First, they swallowed the claim of sea level rise, and they got scared by the thought that the Philippines as a Pacific island nation ... -
Closed Season
(Panay News,November 21, 2016 , on page 14-14)Feom Nov. 15, 2016 to Feb. 15, 2017 it is prohibited to catch sardines, herrings and mackerels in the Visayan Sea – a rich fishing ground bordered by the islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu, and Masbate. The annual closed season ... -
Commentary: Save our seas
(The Philippine Star,February 7, 2019 , on page B6)For once, leave politics out of this issue and make the facts speak for themselves. The coral colonies in the South China Sea are the richest and most diverse in the world. Any harm that goes to the coral colonies of the ... -
Conserving marine resources
(Panay News,October 17, 2017 , on page 8)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 6 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two local government units in northern Iloilo (Carles and Concepcion) and other enforcement agencies to strengthen ... -
COP23 and the World's Oceans
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 27, 2017 , on page A18)The 23rd annual climate change conference, or COP23, was held in Bonn, Germany, on Nov. 6-17. There is no doubt that this year will be another record-breaking year to showcase the disastrous effects of climate change. We’ve ... -
DENR 6 holds a Mangrove Planting Activity
(The Daily Guardian,February 1, 2019 , on page 12)Another mangrove planting activity along Esplanade 6 was conducted recently. It was spearheaded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources through its Provincial ENR Office-Iloilo. Also in collaboration with ... -
DENR pushes for regional cooperation on mangrove protection
(Malaya,September 6, 2018 , on page A2)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) called for further convergence of Asean member countries in promoting mangrove development and conservation. "With the conservation and management strategies that ... -
DENR: Protect ocean for the future
(Panay News,May 14, 2020 , on page 9-11)“You're not a wave you’re part of the ocean,” says Mitch Albom. Who doesn’t love the ocean? Each of us enjoys the breeze from the blue crystal waters and the cool, soft sands on our feet. Either white or blackish sand, ... -
Dwindling harvest: South Korean's 'sea women' struggling with warmer waters
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 20, 2021 , on page B6)Clad in a black wet suit and pink face mask, Jin So-hee’s figure cleanly parts the green-blue water until she abruptly dives below the surface, her purple fins disappearing into the deep. When she resurfaces a minute and ... -
EDC contributing P10m for Boracay rehabilitation
(Manila Standard,February 3, 2019 , on page C2)Geothermal producer Energy Development Corp. is investing P10 million in the rehabilitation of its adopted wetland in Barangay Balabag here over a three-year period. “Under our memorandum of agreement with the DENR [Department ... -
Everyone needs the oceans to be protected
(Manila Standard,September 18, 2016 , on page A3-A4)Ensuring that these ecosystems stay healthy is getting harder, as the oceans absorb excess carbon dioxide and overfishing escalates, aided by advances in deep-water fishing technology. Carbon dioxide turns the water more ... -
Exxon allots billions to turn algae into fuel
(Manila Standard,November 5, 2017 , on page B2)One of the world's biggest oil companies is pumping more than $1 billion a year into alternative forms of energy from algae engineered to bloom into biofuels and cells that turn emissions into electricity. The funds from ... -
Fight climate change — it's good for your health
(BusinessWorld,June 1, 2015 , on page S1/6)Governments often see climate change as too costly to address. In fact, it is too costly to ignore. That is why the World Health Organization (WHO), for example, has linked the prevention of disastrous climate change to ... -
Fighting climate change
(Manila Standard,February 12, 2018 , on page D11)Intense rainfall persisting over days, droughts threatening the farmlands and the farmers' livelihood, continuously rising sea levels and alarming flashfloods -- these are only some of the negative effects that the mankind ... -
Fighting climate change
(Manila Standard,June 5, 2018 , on page C2)Intense rainfall persisting over days, droughts threatening the farmlands and the farmers’ livelihood, continuously rising sea levels and alarming flashfloods – these are only some of the negative effects that the mankind ... -
Fish losing survival instinct
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 15, 2014 , on page A18)Fish are losing their survival instinct - even becoming attracted to the smell of their predators - as the world's oceans become more acidic because of climate change, new research said Monday. The study of fish in coral ...