Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "Algae"

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    • AANI farm tour to visit Spirulina Farm 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 31, 2015, on page B-6)
      Participants in the AANI Farm Tour tomorrow, February 1, will visit the Aztec Spirulina Farm of Pol Puente in Cainta, Rizal. This is a very modern farm that produces high-quality spirulina in the form of granules and ...

    • Algae-lined Boracay beach freaks out tourists 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, April 28, 2015, on page 9)
      Not a few tourists on holiday on Boracay are being repelled by the emergence of excessive green, slimy algae marring the shoreline of the world-famous island in Malay, Aklan. Since the start of the summer season last month, ...

    • Boracay locals say algal bloom just a natural phenomenon 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, March 16, 2017, on page B-8)
      Locals are defending the presence of the algal bloom in the shorelines of this world-renowned island. Barangay Captain Lilibeth Sacapaño of Balabag said the algae have been present even before the development in the islands ...

    • Climate-ravaged corals recover poorly-study 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, January 26, 2017, on page B8)
      Paris – Coral reefs that survive rapid bleaching fuelled by global warming remain deeply damaged, with little prospect of full recovery, researchers said. Sixteen years after the 1998 El Niño ravaged coral in the Indian ...

    • Coral reefs face new El Niño threat 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, March 12, 2010, on page 14)
      An international conservation group warned yesterday that the current El Niño episode may have adverse effects on the recovering coral reefs in the country. Gregg Yan, information, education and communications officer of ...

    • Dust used to sterilize fishponds 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 23, 2014, on page B-8)
      The use of chemicals like cyanide in the preparation and sterilization of fishponds nationwide post a threat to both the environment and millions of fish consumers. The promotion of an alternative that is both effective ...

    • Engineer puts up high-tech Spirulina farm 

      Sarian, Zac B. (Manila Bulletin, January 4, 2018, on page B-7)
      All the requirements that are needed to succeed in growing the alga have been studied by Pol, and so successful is he that even the researchers from UP Los Baños and La Salle University, have admired his success in producing ...

    • Feed made from microalgae to raise aquaculture production 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, January 7, 2014, on page B-2)
      A feed for aquaculture, microalgae, is eyed as both a highly nutritional and environment-friendly feed that can enhance aquaculture production, a sector that accounts for some ₱20 billion in Philippines' gross value ...

    • The future of seaweed industry (Part II) 

      Favis-Villafuerte, Nelly (Manila Bulletin, May 6, 2017, on page B-3)
      Those in the seaweed industry have had their share of international intrigues when at one time in the past there were foreign groups who were peddling the idea that the Philippine carrageenan is carcinogenic. Earlier, ...

    • Seaweed farming 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Manila Bulletin, September 25, 2011, on page 17)
      As the demand for food continues to rise with the increase in population, worldwide seaweed production cannot keep up with the demand of the carrageenan or the seaweed extract industry. This was pointed out by Antonio Yuri ...

    • Sewage pipe on Boracay beach being traced 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, May 3, 2018, on page 10)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) started its probe to trace where the sewage pipe found along the beach front of Boracay Island originated. “We are looking at where the pipe originated. We couldn’t ...

    • Stinky seaweed 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, May 31, 2018, on page B-9)
      The French government is preparing a plan to deal with a new invasion of stinky seaweed that is covering the beaches of some its islands in the Caribbean, causing health problems for residents and threatening key fishing ...

    • Toxic green 

      Vicoy, Ali (Manila Bulletin, June 29, 2019, on page 1)
      The waters of the Pasig River are turned green by toxic algae. The algal bloom can lower the river's oxygen level and kill marine life, and could also be harmful to humans.

    • Warm seas are killing reefs 

      Innis, Michelle (Manila Bulletin, April 18, 2016, on page 1-4)
      Kim Cobb, a marine scientist st the Georgia Institute of Technology, expected the coral to be damaged when she plunged into the deep blue waters off Kiritimati Island, a remote atoll near the center of the Pacific Ocean. ...

    • A warning for the planet in the death of corals 

      Gillis, Justin (Manila Bulletin, October 2, 2010, on page 11)
      From Thailand to Texas, corals stressed by this year's extreme heat are bleaching, or shedding their color and going into survival mode. Many have died; more are expected to do so in coming months. Computer forecasts ...