Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "marine scientists"

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    • Boracay waters being rid of coral-devouring starfishes 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, September 27, 1999, on page 18)
      A campaign to rid the waters of the world-famous tourists island of Boracay in Aklan of crown-of-thorns (COT) starfishes in on. Since last year, some 10,000 COTs have been manually gathered by local dive shop operators, ...

    • Boracay waters being rid of coral-devouring starfishes 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, September 18, 1999, on page 18)
      A campaign to rid the waters of the world-famous tourists island of Boracay in Aklan of crown-of-thorns (COT) starfishes in on. Since last year, some 10,000 COTs have been manually gathered by local dive shop operators, ...

    • Discovering the ocean's deepest mysteries beyond the 'Titanic' 

      Garceau, Scott (The Philippine Star, June 26, 2021, on page C2)
      Talking with Bob Ballard, the oceanographer who discovered the sunken Titanic in the North Atlantic in 1985, he can sound a little dismissive of that particular blip on his career sonar — possibly because he’s been asked ...

    • MSI beyond 40 — Charting new waters 

      Menez, Marie Antonette J. (The Philippine Star, April 17, 2014, on page B-7)
      The UP Marine Science Institute recently celebrated its 40th anniversary with the theme "MSI beyond 40 - Charting new waters." The weeklong celebration was an auspicious occasion to look back at the challenges, lessons ...

    • National Scientist Gomez, marine conservation advocate, 81 

      Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, December 4, 2019, on page 8)
      National Scientist Edgardo Gomez, a pioneer in marine conservation in the Philippines, died on Dec. 1. He was 81. Gomez was a researcher, scientist, conservation advocate and educator in various fields, including invertebrate ...

    • Pinoy scientist dive into third deepest spot on Earth 

      Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, March 24, 2021, on page 6)
      Filipino marine scientist Deo Florence Onda yesterday made history after the successful descent to the Emden Deep, the third deepest spot on the planet located at the Philippine Trench. “I am with explorer Victor Vescovo ...

    • Researchers sample enormous oceanic trash vortex 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, August 16, 2015, on page C-8)
      Researchers returned on Sunday from mapping and sampling a massive swirling cluster of trash floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, as the Dutch-born crew works to refine a clean-up strategy it will roll out globally. ...

    • Saving the oceans 

      Gamboa, Rey (The Philippine Star, June 21, 2018, on page B8-B9)
      Our oceans are in crisis. Plastic waste dumped in our waterways and spilling out into the oceans was estimated at eight million tons last year. That’s equivalent to a dump truck full of water bottles, nappies, and other ...