Environment/Science
Manila: A Chinese-funded bridge project which is likely to connect Davao city with Samal islands in the southern Philippines has put the coral reef ecosystem under threat. more
Decade of climate breakdown saw 14 per cent of coral reefs vanish

New York: Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 per cent of its coral reefs – that’s more than the size of Australia’s reefs co ...

COVID-19 recovery offers ‘chance to change course’, Guterres tells One Planet Summit

New York: The process of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic offers the chance to change course, and put humanity on a path on which it is not in conflict with nature, the United Natio ...

World could lose coral reefs by end of century, UN environment report warns

New York: Every one of the world’s coral reefs could bleach by the end of the century, unless there are drastic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, the United Nations Environmen ...

When reefs decline, parrotfish thrive: Study

New York: In contrast to most other species, reef-dwelling parrotfish populations boom in the wake of severe coral bleaching.