Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Antarctica"
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Antarctica ice to double sea rise - study
(The Manila Times,April 1, 2016 , on page A8)Melting ice from Antarctica could raise oceans by a meter before 2100 at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions, doubling previous forecasts for sea level rise, according to a study released Wednesday (Thursday in ... -
Antarctica ice to double sea rise-study
(The Manila Times,April 1, 2016 , on page A8)Paris: Melting ice from Antarctica could raise oceans by a meter before 2100 at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions, doubling previous forecasts for sea level rise, according to a study released Wednesday (Thursday ... -
Antarctica's sea ice shrinks for the second straight year
(Manila Standard,March 3, 2018 , on page B3)Sea ice cover in Antarctica has dropped to its second-lowest on record, Australian authorities said Friday (Mar 2), adding that it was not yet clear what was driving the reduction after several years of record-highs. The ... -
Interests converge vs marine pollution
(Malaya,October 12, 2012 , on page A11)Public awareness about the seas in the Philippines may be unparalleled. This, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) which cites the work of the Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation (CCEF) in ... -
Japan begins whale hunt
(The Manila Times,December 2, 2015 , on page C4)Japan was facing mounting condemnation Tuesday over its decision to resume killing whales in Antartica, with conservationists saying it was open to another legal challenge. Australia and New Zealand have led criticism of ... -
Krill fishing restricted in Antartica
(The Manila Times,July 11, 2018 , on page B6)Five major krill fishing firms on Tuesday agreed to halt operations across huge swathes of the Antarctic to help protect wildlife in a move hailed as “bold and progressive” by conservationists. The vast frozen continent ... -
No-kill researchers sail to study Antarctic whales
(Manila Bulletin,February 4, 2010 , on page B8)Researchers set sail from New Zealand on Tuesday to study whales off Antarctica without killing them - an open challenge to Japan's killing of up to 1,000 whales a year in the name of science. Japan has six-boat whaling ... -
Quick climate changes revealed in Antarctica
(Manila Standard,March 2, 2018 , on page B3)A decade ago, a thick layer of ice covered with Collines Glacier on Antarctica's King George Island. Now the rocky landscape is visible to the naked eye, in a region that is both a victim of and a laboratory for climate ... -
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) ... -
Thinning Greenland ice sheet may mean more sea level rise
(DailyGuardian,November 22, 2022 , on page 8-11)Part of Greenland's ice sheet is thinning further inland than previously believed, which will likely lead to greater sea level rise by the end of this century, a new study found Wednesday. The findings pertain to a northeast ... -
A trillion-ton iceberg, the size of Cebu island, redraws Antarctica's map
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 14, 2017 , on page A12)One of the biggest icebergs on record has broken away from the Antarctic Peninsula, providing a glimpse of how the Antarctic ice sheet might ultimately start to fall apart. The iceberg, which is roughly the size of the US ... -
Vast Antarctic marine reserves in focus at meeting
(BusinessWorld,October 20, 2015 , on page S1/8)Campaigners Monday urged global leaders to put aside differences and create two vast Antarctic marine sanctuaries to protect one of the world's last untouched wilderness and a unique array of species, including whales and ... -
Whalers, activists clash again off Antarctica
(The Philippine Star,February 8, 2010 , on page A-24)Anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in icy Antarctic waters in the second major clash this year in increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists and the whaling fleet. ... -
Whales start their song off Antarctica
(Manila Standard,March 12, 2015 , on page B7)A team of Australian and New Zealand researchers has tracked scores of blue whales off Antarctica, eavesdropping as the world’s largest animals began their rumbling song, which can be detected 750 kilometers away. During ... -
Whales under threat as climate change impacts migration
(BusinessWorld,December 4, 2015 , on page S3/4)The sight of thousands of whales surfacing, jumping and playing off the coast of South America as they migrate toward their breeding grounds is one of nature's most majestic displays. But global warming is killing off their ...