Changing climates: the heat is (still) on
The world is getting warmer and natural hazards are becoming more intense, likely bringing higher economic losses in the future. Today, four major weather perils result in expected economic losses of USD
Philippines
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Philippines may suspend at least 10 more mines under crackdown
The Philippines could suspend at least 10 more mines under an environmental crackdown on the sector, the minister in charge of mining said, in a move that threatens to halt the operations of half the mines
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Asian typhoons becoming more intense, study finds
The destructive power of the typhoons that wreak havoc across China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines has intensified by 50% in the past 40 years due to warming seas, a new study has found. The researchers
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Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude strikes southern Philippines- USGS
An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10 km (6 miles), 12 km northwest
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Philippines to suspend more mines as environmental review ends
The Philippines will this week announce the suspension of more of the country's mines for violating environmental regulations, the mining minister said on Monday, as the government wrapped up a seven-week
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Distribution and prevalence of malaria parasites among long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in regional populations across Southeast Asia
<p>Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium cynomolgi are two malaria parasites naturally transmissible between humans and wild macaque through mosquito vectors, while Plasmodium inui can be experimentally transmitted
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A growing problem, child malnutrition costs Philippines $7bn in a year
Child malnutrition cost the Philippines $7 billion or nearly 3 per cent of its GDP in one year in terms of education spending and lost productivity, while hunger-related stunting is on the rise among children,
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Potential for Zika virus introduction and transmission in resource-limited countries in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region: a modelling study
<p>As the epidemic of Zika virus expands in the Americas, countries across Africa and the Asia-Pacific region are becoming increasingly susceptible to the importation and possible local spread of the virus.
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One of the World's Biggest Fisheries Is on the Verge of Collapse
Dock workers use cranes to off-load frozen tuna from a Chinese-owned cargo vessel at the General Santos Fish Port, in the Philippines. Tuna stocks in the South China Sea have plummeted in recent years
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‘Exposed’ Japan at far higher disaster risk than other developed nations: report
Japan is well-equipped to cope with natural hazards but faces a far greater risk from disasters than other developed nations due to its high exposure to earthquakes and floods, a U.N. University report
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Philippines could suspend more mines in environmental crackdown
The Philippines could suspend more mines in a crackdown on environmental abuses that has halted operations of 10 miners, a minister said on Wednesday, dismissing a claim by mineral producers the review