Philippines. Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care
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More than 167,000 hectares of coastland – about 0.6% of the country’s total area – are projected to go underwater in the Philippines, especially in low-lying island communities.
According to data by the World Meteorological Organisation, the water levels around the Philippines are rising at a rate almost three times the global average due partly to the influence of the trade winds pushing ocean currents…
Read Full Article, Science Daily (06-06-2016)
Boracay Experiencing Beach Erosion, 70% Coral Loss; Philippines; PhylStar (06-05-2016)
According to a study conducted by Japanese and Filipino scientists, coral cover in Boracay Island declined by about 70.5 percent from 1988 to 2011, and the highest decrease in the 23-year period, was recorded between 2008 and 2011, as tourist arrivals rose by 38.4 percent…
Sand Being Hauled Aways from the Cagayan Beaches in the Philippines, Shipped off to China, Melvin G. Gascon (06-20-2015)
At least 2.5 million metric tons of the country’s magnetite were shipped to China from almost five years of controversy-ridden blacksand mining operations in the province of Cagayan, government records showed…
