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by Veronique DUPONT LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A house clad in mirrors pops out of the California desert. It blends into the landscape, reflecting a kaleidoscope of the urban grid and arid valley of Palm Springs — to the delight of photographers and selfie-seekers. This is Doug Aitken’s “Mirage,” one of the showstoppers of Desert X, an exhibition of 16 site-specific monumental works by international artists that spans southern California’s Coachella Valley. The […]
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato (Eagle News) – Simula pa nang huling linggo ng buwan ng Enero ay nakararanas na ng massive fish kill ang mga taga-Lake Sebu. Ito ay dahil sa mga malalakas na pag-ulan kung kaya’t nauubos ang oxygen level ng lawa na nagdudulot ng fish kill. Isa rin sa itinuturong dahilan ng paghina ng lake ay ang over crowded na paglalagay ng mga fish cage at maging ang naiiwang chemical mula sa commercial feeds na pinapakain […]
A rare white rhino named Timbo was born in the Amneville Zoo in northeastern France. He may be just nine days old but he already weighs 80kg. (AFP Video) https://youtu.be/H11af4pbfjs
CAMBRIDGE, England, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A small fly the size of a grain of rice could take the title of Top Gun of the insect world after Cambridge scientists identified its remarkable ability to detect and intercept its prey mid-air, changing direction mid-flight if necessary before sweeping around for the kill. The robber fly Holcocephala is relatively small - at 6 millimeters (mm) in length but can spot and catch prey more than half […]
(Eagle News) — A waste and pollution watch group exhorted the public to refrain from littering in beaches and other recreational spots this summer. The EcoWaste Coalition asked tourists to aim for “zero marine litter,” especially in coastal areas. “We appeal to all vacationers not to abandon their discards in our beaches and other recreational sites.Leave only your footprints in the sands. Please don’t leave your cigarette butts, plastics and leftover foods behind, ” said Ochie Tolentino, […]
COLORADO, UNITED STATES (Reuters) — A wildfire near the University of Colorado in Boulder that may be man-made burned about 62 acres (25 hectares) of woodland on Sunday (March 19) and prompted the evacuation of 426 homes in the drought-hit region, authorities said. The fire in Sunshine Canyon, just outside the university town, started before dawn on Sunday, with no injuries or damage to structures reported, said Commander Mike Wagner, a spokesman for the Boulder […]
Zoo-goers in Australia are introduced to a rare baby pygmy hippo, the first of its kind born at Taronga Zoo in seven years. https://youtu.be/Y3AM8ntiegU
by Dessy Sagita Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia summoned the British ambassador Friday after a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a London-based company smashed into coral reefs in a popular tourist spot and caused extensive damage. Raja Ampat in eastern Indonesia is one of the most biodiverse marine habitats on Earth, and attracts intrepid travellers and divers to its palm-fringed islands surrounded by coral and fish. The accident happened this month […]
(Eagle News) — Pinagbabawalan na ng Philippine Coast Guard ang pagdaan at pagpasok ng mga barko sa Tubbataha Reef na isang deklaradong Marine Natural Park sa Sulu Sea. Ito ay makaraang aprubahan ng International Maritime Organization Sub-Committee on Navigation Communications and Search and Rescue sa panukala ng Pilipinas na ipagbawal na ang mga barko sa naturang lugar. Dahil dito sinabi ni PCG Spokesman Commander Armand Balilo na tiyak na ma-po-protektahan na ang marine environment sa […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may never recover from last year’s warming-driven coral bleaching, said a study Wednesday that called for urgent action in the face of ineffective conservation efforts. Record-high temperatures in 2015 and 2016 drove an unprecedented bleaching episode, which occurs when stressed corals expel the algae that live in their tissue and provide them with food. Bleached coral is more susceptible to disease, and without sufficient time to recover […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Almost six million Adelie penguins are living in East Antarctica, more than double the number previously thought, scientists said Wednesday in findings that have implications for conservation. Research by an Australian, French and Japanese team used aerial and ground surveys, tagging and resighting data and automated camera images over several breeding seasons, which allowed them to come up with the new figure. They focused on a 5,000 kilometre (3,100 mile) stretch of […]
(Eagle News) — Muling nakuha ng Boracay ang Number 1 spot bilang pinakamagandang isla sa buong mundo noong 2016. Ito ang lumabas sa isinagawang survey sa mga reader kung saan nanguna ang Boracay sa labing limang isla na pinagpilian. Pumapangalawa naman ngayong taon ang Palawan na nakatanggap ng Reader’s Choice Award noong 2015 at 2014. Nakapasok din ang Cebu na nasa pang-limang pwesto. Nanguna umano ang Boracay dahil sa malapulbong buhangin gayundin ang nakakabighaning sunset […]
