ENVIRONMENT: SAVING ECOLOGICALLY-FRAGILE CORAL REEFS (First of Three Parts)
Archipelago, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, is “a sea or stretch of water having many islands.” The word could have been invented...
SCIENCE: POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS VS. CLIMATE CHANGE
As a result of human activities (fossil fuel combustion,
deforestation, mining, refrigeration, livestock production and rice
cultivation, to name a few), the world’s climate has been...
BIGGER PICTURE: A SEASON OF FLOODS
Photos by IDS-Comval
With rainy season around, typhoons and floods are not far behind. As more
typhoons – 15 or less – are expected before the...
ENVIRONMENT: THE LOOMING WATER CRISIS (Last of Three Parts)
“Although
climate change and water are related, water has no
substitutes. We can transition away from coal and oil to solar, wind and
other renewable energy sources. But there is no...
ENVIRONMENT: THE LOOMING WATER CRISIS (Second of Three Parts)
“The large water footprints for beef, pork and other meats indicate the large volumes of water used for their production. They also suggest a...
ENVIRONMENT: THE LOOMING WATER CRISIS (First of Three Parts)
“Over the coming decades, feeding a growing global population and ensuring food and nutrition security for all will depend on increasing food production. This, in...
ENVIRONMENT: UNDERSTANDING THE RED TIDE MENACE
Recently, Business Mirror carried a news report stating that the shellfish harvested from Hinatuan Bay in Surigao del Sur are already safe for eating. The lifting...
ENVIRONMENT: CLIMATE CHANGE: ENDING POSSIBLE APOCALYPSE
“We are encouraging all government agencies and offices and local government units to establish rainwater collection systems, protect our biological diversity, adopt energy efficiency...
ENVIRONMENT: The next big threat after climate change
There are wars and there are wars. In the Philippines, they happen everywhere. In Mindanao, for instance, there is a battle between the Moro Islamic Liberation...
BEATING CROP PESTS WITHOUT CHEMICALS
"...Long before the age of man, insects inhabited the earth - a group of extraordinarily varied and adaptable beings. Over the course of time...