There are between 441 million to 663 million trees were killed by storm that swept the region in January 2005, based on a satellite data, on site observation and computer models calculation at Tulane University by researchers.
Environment
Dealing With Lightning During Thunderstorm
Thousands of people around the world are fallen victims to lightning. In Brazil alone, there are 1,300 people who succumb to lightning strikes.
Global Warming May Oblige Us To Upgrade Our Infrastructures
As the world is battling global warming, it is inevitable that being at the receiving end, we need to adapt as what mother nature has dictated us to do. There is a need to cope up the rising seas and the environmental higher temperatures we are now experiencing.
Is Mycorrhiza Beneficial To Successful Reforestation?
There is a symbiotic relationship between fungus mycorrhiza with plants and trees. Inoculating the soil in the root zone of tree seedlings with mycorrhiza, it makes the tree seedlings grow faster, increase the seedlings height and make its stem diameter bigger.
Saving The Endangered Mangroves From Extinction
Based on Philippine experience, mangrove areas are fast diminishing according to the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Resources, Research and Development (PCARRD).
Gulf Oil Spill Disaster Could Change Ecosystem Of Affected Area
by: affleap
The oil spill at the Gulf of Mexico is killing marine food web where other marine creatures are dependent for food.
Depleting Fish Supply Has Become An Environmental Concern
Fishing, once a matter of casting a net into the sea or hooking with rod and line is under increasing pressure as the world struggles to feed its hungry mouths.
Coral Reef Protection Guidebook Launched
The coral triangle region is known as the center of marine biodiversity. The six countries encompassing the region are Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor Leste.
Seabed Creatures That Thrive On Petrochemicals
There’s an interesting discovery by oceanographers a bizarre ecosystems luxuriant with clams, mussels and big tube worms in the deep seabed where it was once thought an underwater lifeless desert, a dark abyss deprived of sunlight.
Seabed Creatures Thrive On Petrochemicals?
by: Affleap
There’s an interesting discovery by oceanographers a bizarre ecosystems luxuriant with clams, mussels and big tube worms in the deep seabed where it was once thought an underwater lifeless desert, a dark abyss deprived of sunlight.