Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "Climatic changes"
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Act to transform climate
(Manila Standard,June 6, 2015 , on page A9)Last Wednesday, at the Kaminzimmer Conference Hall of the Bonn World Conference Center, the agreement on Climate Transformation 2015 or ACT 2015 hosted a side event where in our paper entitled "Getting specific on the 2015 ... -
Alcala assures PH climate adaptation
(Manila Standard,January 27, 2015 , on page B6)Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said the country is on the right track toward food security and climate change. “I think we are laying down a good foundation,” Alcala told the media here, citing the Benguet Agri-Pinoy ... -
Aqua assets under threat
(Manila Standard,October 3, 2015 , on page A4)Rising water temperatures as a result of climate change could threaten the country's aquaculture industry and fish production in general, a scientist based in Iloilo province said on Friday. "There is a threat to aquaculture ... -
Arctic animals cope with climate change
(Manila Standard,September 2, 2015 , on page B8)When it comes to coping with climate change in the Arctic region, which is warming at three times the global average, some animals are more equal than others. Migrating Barnacle geese that fly north to lay eggs amid the ... -
Australian agency boosts PH agri-fisheries research
(Manila Standard,February 26, 2017 , on page D2)The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research or ACIAR recently held its Country Partnership discussions in Makati City aimed at mapping out the development of a 10-year strategy for the country’s agriculture ... -
Benham Rise teeming with marine life
(Manila Standard,June 7, 2016 , on page B6)A dazzling array of soft and hard corals, fish, algae, and sponges comprised some of the biological diversity documented by marine scientists from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, University of the Philippines ... -
Climate change affects whales
(Manila Standard,December 3, 2015 , on page B7)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 ... -
Climate change and our seas
(Manila Standard,November 24, 2015 , on page A10-A11)One can find in the East Asian seas over one-third of all coral reefs and mangroves and the highest levels of biodiversity for coral reef fish, mollusks, mangroves and sea-grass species. Its coastal areas are very densely ... -
Climate change pushing killer whales to go north
(Manila Standard,January 29, 2019 , on page B3)Paying no attention to nearby divers, a killer whale and her calf hunting for food frolic in a snowy Norwegian fjord. Their favorite meal, herring, abound, but climate change means both predator and prey must increasingly ... -
Climate change to hurt PH fisheries
(Manila Standard,December 31, 2020 , on page A3)The impact of climate change on the fisheries sector is a key contributor to the Philippines’ economy, it being an archipelago. According to a study, the impact of climate change on fish harvests is projected to cause a ... -
Coral cure in Bagac, Subic
(Manila Standard,November 12, 2016 , on page C1)The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) are implementing ... -
DENR protects Coron, Sabang waters
(Manila Standard,June 7, 2016 , on page B5)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has declared the Sabang Bay in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro and the Coron Bay in Palawan as water quality management areas. -
DENR says 8 central Luzon wetlands are being overrun
(Manila Standard,February 15, 2018 , on page B4)The eight wetland areas in Central Luzon are in danger of being overrun by human activities, prompting government authorities to call for active public support and vigilance in protecting them. Francisco Milla Jr., regional ... -
Diverse marine life found in 2016 Benham Rise expedition
(Manila Standard,June 9, 2016 , on page C1)Since the United Nations' Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf recognized Benham Rise as the Philippines's newest territory in 2012, our country's territory has increased to 43 million hectares from 30 million ... -
EDC contributing P10m for Boracay rehabilitation
(Manila Standard,February 3, 2019 , on page C2)Geothermal producer Energy Development Corp. is investing P10 million in the rehabilitation of its adopted wetland in Barangay Balabag here over a three-year period. “Under our memorandum of agreement with the DENR [Department ... -
Extinction
(Manila Standard,May 22, 2019 , on page A4-A5)About 93 percent of ocean fish is being harvested at above the level of sustainability or their being replaced by new stocks. In 2015, 33 percent of marine fish stocks were being harvested at unsustainable levels; 60 percent ... -
Fighting climate change
(Manila Standard,February 12, 2018 , on page D11)Intense rainfall persisting over days, droughts threatening the farmlands and the farmers' livelihood, continuously rising sea levels and alarming flashfloods -- these are only some of the negative effects that the mankind ... -
Fighting climate change
(Manila Standard,June 5, 2018 , on page C2)Intense rainfall persisting over days, droughts threatening the farmlands and the farmers’ livelihood, continuously rising sea levels and alarming flashfloods – these are only some of the negative effects that the mankind ... -
For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw
(Manila Standard,February 15, 2018 , on page A5)Before man-made climate change kicked in—and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May—the global water crisis was upon us. Freshwater resources were already badly stressed before heat-trapping ... -
From Marrakech, hope for climate change
(Manila Standard,November 22, 2016 , on page A4-A5)Last Friday, November 18, the 22nd session of the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change closed in Marrakech, Morocco. Two weeks of intense negotiations produced credible outcomes ...