Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "El Nino phenomena"
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Addressing climate change thru our young
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 31, 2016 , on page A14)The drought has caused a heavy loss in the agricultural sector. The DA reported that a total of 134,321 metric tons of crops have been damaged as of March 7, 2016, by the dry spell. This affects an estimated 12 million ... -
Coral regrowth is new crusade
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 5, 2016 , on page A10)Every day at 9 a.m., divers scour the waters off Mayor’s Island in the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) in Alaminos City in Pangasinan province, to look for fragments of live coral that could still be nurtured at the ... -
Finding Nemo may become even harder, says climate study
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 13, 2017 , on page A17)The clownfish, the colorful swimmer propelled to fame by the 2003 film “Finding Nemo,” is under threat from warming ocean waters wreaking havoc with sea anemones, the structures that serve as its home, a study has found. ... -
Fishers to bets: don’t forget us
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 23, 2016 , on page A6)Fishermen on Wednesday staged a rally here to press presidential candidates to include their sector in their governance plans, four days ahead of the third and last presidential debate that would be held at the University ... -
Full impact of drought seen to spare Central Luzon
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 5, 2016 , on page A4)In Pangasinan province, extreme heat has killed beds of mussels at the bottom of the Kakiputan Channel separating Bolinao town and the island town of Anda. But Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries ... -
Global warming to pick up in 2015, 2016, say experts
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 15, 2015 , on page A18)Man-made global warming is set to produce exceptionally high average temperatures this year and next, boosted by natural weather phenomena such as El Niño, Britain's top climate and weather body said in a report on Monday. ... -
Ondoy' upside: Why lake is till above critical level
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 25, 2010 , on page A11)While intense heat due to the El Niño weather phenomenon may be drying up the Laguna de Bay, the lake’s water level has not yet dropped to a critical reading because of too much rainwater dumped last year by Typhoons “Ondoy” ... -
Our big surprise in Tubbataha-diving with Destiny
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 2, 2016 , on page F1-F2)It was a quintessential Tubbataha dive—volatile currents, tons of fish, and a big surprise. We were at Seafan Alley on Tubbataha’s North Atoll, making our way back to the shallows after some 40 minutes of spotting slender ... -
PH warned anew of climate impact
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 30, 2019 , on page A19)More than 100 scientists from 36 countries worked on this report on the ocean, citing nearly 7,000 scientific papers and eliciting more than 31,000 comments during the reviews. The report observed that the global ocean, ... -
Provinces start to reel from El Niño
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 12, 2019 , on page A6)At Laoag City in Ilocos Norte province, farmers have started harvesting crops such as corn earlier than scheduled before these are laid to waste due to rising temperatures. Some fishpond operators have also been harvesting ... -
RP scientists note massive bleaching of coral reefs
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 6, 2010 , on page A1-A22)For several months now, marine scientists and divers have been witnessing and recording the massive bleaching of coral reefs all over the country, which is being caused by warmer-than-normal ocean water temperatures. In ... -
Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world's coral reefs
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 14, 2017 , on page A6)Corals are invertebrates, living mostly in tropical waters. They secrete calcium carbonate to build protective skeletons that grow and take on impressive colors, thanks to a symbiotic relationship with algae that live in ...