Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "global warming"
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Bolinao villagers are fierce protectors of mangrove forests
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 15, 2014 , on page A8)Romula Caranza maintains a garden on the shores of Santiago Island in this northwestern town in Pangasinan province. Daily, she painstakingly checks her plants, removing barnacles, oysters and other seashells attached to ... -
Climate change blamed for dwindling number of waterbirds on Maguindanao lake
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 1, 2020 , on page A10)Environment officials blamed climate change and global warming for the marked decrease in the number of waterbirds feeding on Lake Buluan, the marshland and inland waters of Sultan Kudarat. Dr. Sabdullah Abubacar, regional ... -
Climate change signals Earth in danger zone
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 17, 2015 , on page A23)Climate change and high rates of extinctions of animals and plants are pushing the Earth into a danger zone for humanity, a scientific report card about mankind’s impact on nature said on Thursday. An international team ... -
Climate change threatens RP aquaculture
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 27, 2007 , on page B8)If Climate Change continues, the country's fisheries and aquaculture sector would soon to be sailing into rough seas, said the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center. Dr. Angel Alcala and Dr. Joebert Toledo painted ... -
Climate debate takes global pulse before summit
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 8, 2015 , on page A1-A21)From the typhoon-ravaged Philippines to the Arizona desert, thousands of people began gathering Saturday, June 6 in small groups in 79 countries for what was touted as the biggest public debate on climate change. Results ... -
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 ... -
Duterte: West to blame for global warming
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 25, 2018 , on page 1)After President Rodrigo Duterte blamed climate change on rich Western countries last week, Malacañang on Saturday embraced the observance of Earth Hour and called on Filipinos to take part in the symbolic event. “We encourage ... -
Eaten by the sea: Climate change, rising sea levels erode French coastline
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 16, 2021 , on page A11)After fleeing to France to escape the Spanish Civil War, Amalia Romero’s family eventually managed to build a home on the south coast directly looking out over the Mediterranean. But today, the sea is gradually gnawing ... -
Forego fuel reserves to limit climate change
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 9, 2015 , on page A18)A third of the world's oil reserves, half of gas reserves and 80 percent of current coal reserves, should not be used in the coming decades of global warming is to stay below an agreed 2 degree Celsius target, scientists ... -
French leader to make PH Ground Zero in climate action
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 25, 2015 , on page A6)On the historic first visit of a French head of state to the Philippines in February, French President François Hollande will be seeking the help of a country battered—but never defeated—by climate change. France is turning ... -
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. ... -
Greenhouse gases hit record highs in 2014
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 18, 2015 , on page A20)In 2014 the world's oceans swelled, major greenhouse gases that fuel global warming hit record highs and the planet's surface temperature reached its hottest point in 135 years, international researchers said Thursday. "If ... -
Kids learn about climate change from 'Pidlo' the pine tree
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 24, 2015 , on page A8)Ibaloy and Kankanaey children here and the provinces of Benguet and Mt. Province have been learning about climate change from “Pidlo,” an old pine tree. Pidlo is a character in a comic book primer developed by the Cordillera ... -
The language of climate change
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 21, 2015 , on page A9)Global warming has become a catch-all phrase to explain everything that goes wrong in the environment these days, even among Filipinos, whether they live in urban centers or out in the farms or the hinterlands. But while ... -
'Like the Molave' in coastal greenbelts
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 30, 2012 , on page A13)And so it is gratifying to know that our marine scientists are focusing on the Philippines’ endangered mangrove associates and other beach forest species. Dr. Jurgenne Honculada Primavera and Dr. Resurreccion “Rex” B. ... -
Living Planet Report: WWF paints dire picture for survival of the species
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 5, 2016 , on page A8-A9)Nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone— fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals—have been wiped out since 1970 by human appetites and activity, according to a grim study released on Thursday. Swathes of ... -
Melting Greenland ice may leak waste
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 27, 2016 , on page A13)A snow-covered former US army base in Greenland — dubbed “a city under ice” — could leak pollutants into the environment as the climate changes, raising difficult questions over who is responsible for a clean-up. In 1959, ... -
Need for environmental literacy
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 2, 2016 , on page A16)Nowadays, no one could deny the urgency of the major environmental problems, particularly global warming and climate change, because of the threat to humanity’s existence. The cause is the unprecedented greenhouse gas ... -
Oceans in hot water, too
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 17, 2018 , on page A6)Even the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves. Off the San Diego coast, scientists earlier this month recorded all-time high seawater temperatures since daily measurements began in 1916. ... -
PH's voice in the climate catastrophe
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 31, 2019 , on page A9)The Philippines should be alarmed that the scientific evidence on the urgency to reverse global warming is at loggerheads with the reality on the ground of a growing danger to economic growth and people’s wellbeing. CO2 ...