Timid reopening for France’s Loire Valley chateaus
by Gina DOGGETT Staff far outnumbered visitors to the elegant Chenonceau castle in France’s Loire Valley as it reopened on Saturday with meticulously…
The rains may feel like a relief, temperature-wise, but the intense heat right before the rains start pouring may also result in the rise in humidity, becoming the perfect breeding ground for fungus and bacteria.
What do you get when you gather poets, playwrights, essayists and novelists in one room to tackle the issue of climate change?
WASHINGTON – Antarctica’s massive ice shelves are shrinking because they are being eaten away from below by warm water, a...
The sobering reality, palangga, is that climate change is upon us, the evidence being felt all over the world: soaring temperatures, melting ice caps, rising sea levels, violent storms, the most powerful of which, Super Typhoon “Yolanda,” hit the country six months ago.
Summer seems hanging around longer than we expected. The heat is still on, despite the occasional late-afternoon rains. Climate change is definitely upon us.
A “period-defining publication” will be released by the same pioneering group that launched the ejeepney revolution in 2007. Titled “Agam,” an early Tagalog word for foreboding and memory, the book brings together new work from Filipino writers across diverse disciplines, focused on the confrontation between climate change and cultures across the archipelago.
Amid climate change and unpredictable weather, one valuable lesson that old houses could teach Filipinos is how their ancestors adapted to situations bereft of creature comforts such as motor transport and electricity.
Some things remain constant, dahlings, notwithstanding climate change and fickle fashion. A good pair of sneakers, for instance, could make your day.
The United Nations Environment Program (Unep) hopes to speed up the shift to more energy-efficient appliances and equipment. The Efficient Appliances and Equipment Partnership is expected to reduce global energy demand by at least 10 percent and slow climate change, improve access to energy and save the world $350 billion annually in energy costs.
