Browsing by Subject "environmental conditions"

Now showing items 1-6 of 6

    • DILG: no palace order stopping Boracay West Cove demolition 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, May 17, 2018, on page 13)
      The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday denied that the Malacañang has issued an order suspending the demolition of the controversial Boracay West Cove resort. DILG assistant secretary Epimaco ...

    • 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 ...

    • Over-fished species go into evolutionary overdrive: study 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, April 18, 2008, on page B3-B2)
      Relentless commercial fishing can trigger rapid evolutionary changes when only smaller, younger fish are left behind, a study released Wednesday shows. Moreover, those changes among fish populations -- a desperate bid to ...

    • Red tide laert still up in VIsayas coastal areas 

      Galvez, James Konstantin (The Manila Times, March 8, 2016, on page A7)
      Red tide occurs when algae rapidly increase in numbers to the extent that it dominates the local planktonic or benthic community. Blooms are caused by environmental conditions that promote explosive growth. Such high ...

    • Third of coral 'dead or dying' in parts of barrier reef 

      (The Manila Times, May 31, 2016, on page B7)
      At least 35 percent of corals in parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are dead or dying from mass bleaching caused by global warming, scientists said Monday. The assessment was made following months of aerial and ...

    • World 'swamped' by plastic waste — UN chief 

      UN Daily News (The Manila Times, June 6, 2018, on page B6)
      The world must unite to “beat plastic pollution” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day on Tuesday. In his message marking the day on 5 June, Guterres said that the ...