The Philippines is facing an El Nino-spawned dry spell that will cut rainfall by as much as 80 percent and hit food production, a government weather forecaster warned Monday.
Environment
Jun 29, 2015
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Super-Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the eastern Philippines as the strongest tropical cyclone of the year, and today, Nov. 8, is exiting the country and moving into the South China Sea. NASA's Aqua satellite captured visible ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 8, 2013
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Living alongside active volcanoes in places like Japan, the Philippines and especially Indonesia can be uncomfortable.
Earth Sciences
Oct 17, 2014
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For tourists the Philippine island of Palawan seems like paradise, but for environment activists it feels more akin to a battlefield.
Environment
Mar 7, 2011
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Philippine authorities seized some 1,500 live aquarium fish and about 150 live pieces of brain coral at a Manila pier Friday just before they were to be shipped to Japan.
Ecology
Jul 13, 2012
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At least 24 people have been killed in landslides and flooding across central and southern Philippines, authorities said Monday, after tropical storm Megi dumped heavy rain and disrupted travel ahead of the Easter holidays.
Environment
Apr 11, 2022
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Many believe that enormous quantities of gold lie buried somewhere in the Philippines. According to a popular account, Japanese soldiers used the Philippines as a base to hide treasures they had plundered from regions under ...
Archaeology
Aug 10, 2016
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A low-pressure system that developed in the Philippine Sea and tracked over the central Philippines has moved into the South China Sea and become a depression. NASA's Terra satellite provided an image of the newly formed ...
Environment
Jun 12, 2020
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After living incognito for millions of years in a remote area of a forested mountain range in the Philippines, seven newfound species of mice owe their recent discovery to DNA evidence and the Florida State University biologist ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2011
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Researchers in Southeast Asia are studying how tourism policy and local community involvement impact the tourism industry.
Ecology
Jun 1, 2015
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