A SEARCA Agriculture and Development Seminar Series (ADSS) with Mr. Winifredo B. Dagli, Assistant Professor of the College of Development Communication, University of the Philippines Los Baños as the speaker.
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-wildlif... With rising temperatures and seas, massive droughts, and changing landscapes, successfully ada
There's a game of Tetris happening on a global scale: The playing space is planet Earth, and all those pesky, stacking blocks represent carbon dioxide -- a greenhouse gas that is piling up ever more rapidly as we burn the fossil fuels that run our
The sheer financial power of the fossil fuel industry is at the heart of the climate-change problem, and the climate movement is finally grappling with this reality. Bill McKibben shares stories from the front lines of this movement -- from every
MANILA, Philippines - Rappler speaks with Secretary Lucille Sering of the Climate Change Commission. A long time environmental advocate, Sering entered government in 2007 as a Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) undersec
By comparing bee data to satellite imagery, NASA research scientist Wayne Esaias uses honey bees as tiny data collectors to understand how climate change is affecting pollination and plants.
If all the Earth's land ice melted, sea levels would rise over 200 feet. So what would that mean for Asia's coastlines? Source: Business Insider Science
A collaborative project between Dr Rupert Read of the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Greg Craven, creator of "The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See. Source:
In the past 200,000 years, humans have upset the balance of planet Earth, a balance established by nearly four billion years of evolution. We must act now. It's too late to be a pessimist. The price is too high. Humanity has little time to reverse
Farmers in Indonesia are using a new method to fight the effects of climate change, and also improve their harvest. This new method, which should more than double their production, uses charcoal - not a very environmentally friendly product.&
"Crop Insurance as Resiliency Measure to Climate Change: Evidence from Corn Farmers in the Philippines" by Dr. Jose Yorobe, Jr., Professor, College of Economics and Management, University of the Philippines Los Baños
The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn’t technology – it’s human psychology. In psychology, fear/guilt is not conducive to engagement, it makes people passive. When people felt fear or guilt, it makes them withdraw from th
We all know that climate change is causing the polar ice-cap to shrink, threatening small islands with extinction and devastating populations with drought. But how many of us have heard of a tsunami from the sky? That is what is threatenin
During SEARCA ADSS on April 25, 2017, Dr. Diomedes A. Racelis talked about the "Ecotown Approach to Climate Change-Adaptive Local Government Planning in Selected Municipalities in the Philippines." Dr. Diomedes A Racelis is a Professor and