Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "sea level"

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    • 13 towns endangered, gov't geosurvey shows 

      Ocampo, Karl (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 12, 2021, on page A9)
      Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) warned of a “potential creeping crisis” in southeastern Luzon following its latest geological survey showing 13 municipalities in the area as highly vulnerable to coastal erosion, storm ...

    • Ancient reef raises hopes for corals seas warm 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 6, 2010, on page A22)
      Australian scientists said they had discovered a sprawling ancient reef in chilly southern waters which could hold new hope for the future of coral as sea temperatures rise. Researchers used high-resolution sonar and ...

    • Bulacan, Pampanga farms to get less water from Angat 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 3, 2022, on page A10)
      The water elevation at Angat Dam on Wednesday dropped to 197.06 meters above sea level, which was still far below the normal high water mark of 212 masl, according to the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management ...

    • Eaten by the sea: Climate change, rising sea levels erode French coastline 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 ...

    • Greenhouse gases hit record highs in 2014 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 ...

    • Houses lost, industries collapse Atlantic Engulfs Brazil coastline 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 18, 2022, on page A13)
      Vultures roam the sand in the Brazilian resort town of Atafona amid the ruins of the latest houses destroyed by the sea, whose relentless rise has turned the local coastline into an apocalyptic landscape. The Atlantic Ocean ...

    • Sink or swim: Climate change documentary ‘Anote’s Ark’ chronicles Kiribati’s resistance from getting ‘swallowed by the sea’ 

      Asilo, Rito P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 27, 2020, on page C6)
      There are a lot of Solomo­nic life-or-death choi­ces the global community must make in these trying times, the most urgent of which involves the untold ha­voc wreaked by the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. But ...

    • 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 ...