Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Florida"
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Alligator kills woman walking her dog in US
(The Philippine Star,February 23, 2023 , on page 9)A helpless neighbor has described watching in horror as an 85-year-old woman was killed by an alligator while walking her dog in a retirement community in the southern US state of Florida. The neighbor, identified only as ... -
Beijing to return underwater us Drone
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 19, 2016 , on page A22)US President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to take an aggressive approach in dealing with China over its economic and military policies, jumped on the unusual drone seizure with a pair of provocative tweets, accusing ... -
Biologists begin to salvage sea turtle eggs in oiled Gulf
(Manila Bulletin,July 11, 2010 , on page 23)Biologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach Friday, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs. Patrick, of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, carefully plucked ... -
Coral gardening beckons ecotourists to restore reefs
(Manila Bulletin,July 9, 2015 , on page B9)Coral reefs are fragile and in danger worldwide, but a growing movement to restore them is based on the science of breaking off pieces in order to grow more, known as coral gardening. It works like this: marine biologists ... -
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles
(Manila Bulletin,March 16, 2010 , on page B-8)The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades. The massive, ... -
Fish landing app keeps track of boats, catch
(Manila Bulletin,September 17, 2015 , on page B-7)With a mobile phone, fishery stakeholders can now find out where commercial fishing boats are located as well as the type of species these have caught. This is possible with a Fish Landing App recently launched in the ... -
Fish stalk
(Daily Tribune,May 12, 2022 , on page A1-A6)Mermaids exist in lore, literature and the movies. They also can be real in fertile imagination. When JJ Tayco, 26, visited the seaside town of Tingloy in Maricaban Island, Batangas during her company’s team-building ... -
Non-addictive painkillers from poisonous Philippine seashells
(The Manila Times,March 2, 2018 , on page A4)I have been hearing how the poisons in our Philippine cones can be regarded as assets in pharmacology because, even as we speak, they are being turned into painkillers that are non-addictive but very effective. One ... -
Plastic pollution builds up in Arctic waters
(Manila Bulletin,April 27, 2017 , on page 12)Even though few people live in the Artic, some seas in the region are heavily polluted with plastic because of an Atlantic ocean current which dumps debris there, researchers said Wednesday. Scientists aboard the globe ... -
Property crisis looms due to sea level rise
(BusinessWorld,June 19, 2018 , on page S2/4)Along Florida’s sun-splashed shorelines, home prices are on the rise, developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from the beach describe homes that are “not in a flood zone,” meaning no flood ... -
Scientists tear Caribbean reefs to stop spread of new disease
(Panay News,September 28, 2019 , on page B8-B6)Off the coast of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a group of scientists is tearing a reef apart in a feverish attempt to save some of its coral. They are battling a fast-moving, lethal disease that researchers say ... -
Sea level rise will swallow Miami, New Orleans - study
(The Manila Times,October 15, 2015 , on page A6)Say goodbye to Miami and New Orleans. No matter what we do to curb global warming, these and other beloved US cities will sink below rising seas, according to a study today. But making extreme carbon cuts and moving to ... -
Sea-level rise threatens 311, 000 US homes
(The Manila Times,June 19, 2018 , on page B7)About 311,000 coastal homes across the United States with a collective market value of about $120 billion in today's dollars are at risk of chronic flooding by 2045, a report issued yesterday by the Union of Concerned ... -
Seaside safety in the new normal
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 20, 2020 , on page B2-1-B2-2)If you missed the chance to go to the beach because of the pandemic, chances are, you’re itching to go there right after the quarantine. Is there a better way to celebrate months of isolation than to go out for some sun ... -
Seawalls in Florida blocking sea turtle nesting opposed
(Manila Bulletin,August 13, 2015 , on page B-9)Four conservation groups notified the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that they intend to sue over its permitting of seawalls that block sea turtles from nesting on Florida beaches. The agency has already ... -
Sponges beat seaweed in battle for Florida reefs
(BusinessWorld,August 27, 2010 , on page S3/8)Giant barrel sponges that can live for thousands of years have proliferated in the waters around the Florida Keys, the apparent winner in a recent battle for dominance among corals, seaweed and sponges. That’s a good thing, ... -
Study highlights growing toxic brine problem
(The Philippine Star,January 17, 2019 , on page B5)The world’s thirst for fresh water is causing a salty problem. Desalination plants around the world are producing enough brine waste to swamp an area the size of Florida with a foot of salty water every year, according to ... -
US president visits with huge oil slick threatening disaster
(BusinessWorld,May 3, 2010 , on page S1/8)A giant oil slick closed in on the fragile Louisiana coast on Sunday after attempts to stop it faltered, threatening an environmental and economic disaster as President Barack Obama arrives to visit. With Mr. Obama expected ... -
Wastewater leak now 'catastrophic'
(Manila Standard,April 6, 2021 , on page B2)Emergency crews in central Florida were working Sunday to prevent an environmental catastrophe at a leaking reservoir that risked sending millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater toward nearby homes and into the Tampa ... -
Whaling plan to okay hunts with fewer kills
(Manila Bulletin,February 25, 2010 , on page 8)The global body regulates whaling has proposed giving the green light to Japan to keep hunting the sea mammals in return for reducing the number of animals killed. Greenpeace and the World Wild Fund for Nature harshly ...