ENVIRONMENT: Saving Dugongs from extinction
A day after Christmas, someone posted a picture of a dead dugong, which was found in Dahican Beach in Mati City, Davao Oriental. Based...
ENVIRONMENT: Typhoons getting intense due to climate change
In a year of deadly disasters and calamities, the early December typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) that killed at least 407 people in the...
ENVIRONMENT | Weather: What Filipinos need to know about it
Perhaps you – like most Filipinos – are wondering how meteorologists – those experts who conduct scientific study of atmospheric conditions to forecast weather...
ENVIRONMENT: What Filipinos should know about typhoons
First it was Pablo. Then, Yolanda came along. And most recently, it was Odette. These three are names of devastating typhoons that hit the...
ENVIRONMENT: When there is water shortage
Not everyone experiences water shortage, but sooner or later, everyone will. There may not be enough water for all the people.
“Water tables are...
ENVIRONMENT: Please, don’t cut the trees!
It all started with a Private Land Timber Pe (PLTP) issued to Ling-Ling Wu Lee on August 18, 2021.
What Lee wanted, according to...
ENVIRONMENT: Saving the country’s natural heritage
In December 2018, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) conducted a 160-trapping day using the state-of-the-art camera traps installed in the buffer...
ENVIRONMENT | Air Pollution: When breathing is dangerous to your health
Air pollution may have dropped from news headlines since the pandemic started but it remains a lethal danger to many. Although health officials are...
ENVIRONMENT | Cyanide fishing: A poisonous business
Catching live fish using cyanide is really not difficult.
All you have to do is crush a couple of sodium cyanide tablets into a...
ENVIRONMENT: Where have all our forests gone?
“By destroying forests, we are harming biodiversity and our lives. Forests provide fresh water, clean the air we breathe, inspire spiritual value, and provide...