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• Benham Rise: Wealth under the sea 

  Icamina, Paul (Malaya, July 29, 2015, on page A3)

  There is wealth out there, for the taking. But diving is daunting, starting at 15 meters deep. In 2011, the Philippines acquired Benham Rise, a "massive" area east of Luzon. "We have access to resources in an area bigger ...

• Saving Laguna de Bay 

  Zafaralla, Macrina Tamayo (The Philippine Star, February 2, 2017, on page B7)

  The restoration of Laguna de Bay to a relatively pristine state is a major concern. This is a scientist’s account on a multidisciplinary two to three-year scientific endeavor that culminated in an Environmental Health ...

• For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw 

  Hood, Marlowe (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 ...