Browsing by Subject "coral bleaching"
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Ancient reef raises hopes for corals seas warm
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 6, 2010 , on page A22)Australian scientists said they had discovered a sprawling ancient reef in chilly southern waters which could hold new hope for the future of coral as sea temperatures rise. Researchers used high-resolution sonar and ... -
Austalia failing to protect Great Barrier Reef, say activists
(Manila Standard,June 26, 2018 , on page B3)Australia is breaching commitments to protect the embattled Great Barrier Reef from the effects of land clearing, environmental groups claimed on Monday (June 25) and called on the UN to probe the alleged failures. Canberra ... -
Australia admits neglect of Great Barrier Reef
(The Philippine Star,October 4, 2012 , on page A-23)The Australian government admits the Great Barrier Reef has been neglected for decades after a study showed it has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years. Environment Minister Tony Burke said research ... -
Barrier reef 'too big to fail'
(Manila Standard,June 27, 2017 , on page C3)Australia’s under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is “too big to fail,” a study said Monday. The World Heritage-listed reef is the largest ... -
The battle for marine and human sustainability
(Manila Standard,January 9, 2014 , on page C3)The Coral Triangle lies deep in the volcanic Indo-Pacific region, where two great oceans merge, and is bordered in the north by the Philippines, the west by Indonesia and Malaysia and the east by the Solomon Islands. It ... -
Be a responsible traveler
(Manila Standard,April 7, 2016 , on page C1-C3)Summer season calls for so many water adventure and most of us are gearing for that outdoor fun on the open beach to take a dip in the water, snorkel, do some water sports, and take a deep dive to see marine life. With all ... -
Big aquaculture company bulldozes Borneo mangroves
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 2, 2018 , on page A6)Not long ago, the clearing had been home to mangroves, saltwater-loving trees that anchor a web of life stretching from fish larvae hatching in the cradle of their underwater roots to the hornbills squawking at their crown. ... -
Biodiversity assessment seen to aid Boracay sustainability
(Panay News,October 27, 2018 , on page B1)An underwater cleanup joined by at least 50 divers was held to mark the start of the biodiversity assessment of coastal and marine areas on the island on Oct. 23. Twelve sacks of assorted trash, mostly plastic and bottles, ... -
Bleaching 'killing' Great Barrier Reef
(Panay News,May 31, 2016 , on page 11)At least 35 percent of corals in the northern and central parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have been destroyed by bleaching, Australian scientists say. The experts from James Cook University ( JCU) say it is the ... -
Bleaching hits 93% of Great Barrier Reef
(Manila Standard,April 21, 2016 , on page B8)Sydney- Australias Great Barrier Reef is suffering its worst coral bleaching in recorded history with 93 percent of the World Heritage site affected, scientists said Wednesday, as they revealed the phenomenon is also hitting ... -
Can 'weak' El Niño trigger coral bleaching epidemic?
(The Philippine Star,December 8, 2002 , on page 12)Will this year's "weak" El Niño trigger another round of mysterious "bleaching" that savaged economically-vital coral reefs in a clocklike-wave of infection in 1998?. Scientists J. H. Primavera and E.D. Gomez have documented ... -
Cash offered for Great Barrier Reef rescue ideas
(BusinessWorld,January 17, 2018 , on page S1/8)Australia is calling on the world's top scientific minds to help save the Great Barrier Reef, offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund research into protecting the world's largest living structure. The UNESCO World ... -
Center of biodiversity
(Manila Bulletin,February 14, 2017 , on page 14)The Philippines is the "center of the center" of marine fish diversity. We have 2,983 fish species compared to the other countries within the Coral Triangle, the center of marine biodiversity of the world. -
Climate change puts Australian reef on 'knife edge'
(BusinessWorld,March 26, 2010 , on page S3/8)The world's southernmost coral reef is on a "knife-edge" after warmer seas blamed on climate change bleached large parts of it for the first time, an Australian scientist warned on Wednesday. Peter Harrison, who has been ... -
Climate-ravaged corals recover poorly-study
(Manila Bulletin,January 26, 2017 , on page B8)Paris – Coral reefs that survive rapid bleaching fuelled by global warming remain deeply damaged, with little prospect of full recovery, researchers said. Sixteen years after the 1998 El Niño ravaged coral in the Indian ... -
Climate-related death of coral around world alarms scientists
(The Philippine Star,April 14, 2016 , on page B-5)Kim Cobb, a marine scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, expected the coral to be damaged when she plunged into the deep blue waters off Kiritimati Island, a remote atoll near the center of the Pacific Ocean. ... -
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 ... -
Colombia's island fishermen dive into battle to protect coral reefs
(Malaya,November 13, 2018 , on page B5)For nearly three decades, Javier Barker has fished in the Caribbean Sea surrounding the Colombian island of San Andres - but until recently he knew little about the importance of coral reefs that fish depend on to survive. ... -
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 ... -
Coordinating body for PH marine ecosystem pushed
(The Manila Times,May 10, 2016 , on page B7)A De La Salle University (DLSU) professor proposes the establishment of a coordinating body in the Philippines that will make sure coastal ecosystems in the country are healthy in order to help combat the effects of climate ...