Near the eastern coast of Luzon, Philippines, located 50 meters below the sea surface, is the Benham Bank, an underwater ...

Benham Bank has “high biodiversity and pristine state of reefscapes,” a recent University of the Philippines Diliman Marine Science Institute (UPD MSI) study states. Located near the eastern coast of ...

Its role in the reef ecosystem is to clean other fish ... food is something that is happening across the Philippines, and throughout the Coral Triangle, as ever increasing numbers of people ...

BENHAM BANK, on the Philippine Rise, hosts one of the Philippines’ richest coral ecosystems, including important fish species, marine researchers said. They cited the potential for Benham Bank coral ...

The study, titled “Benthic structuring of the mesophotic coral ecosystem on the Benham Bank seamount in the Philippines,” presented details of Benham Bank’s full potential. The UPMSI said ...

A researcher in the Philippines is using an automated ... is home to most of the world's most diverse marine ecosystems, including coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrasses. "Personally, I bring ...

China’s government released a report on Monday that claims a grounded Philippines warship at Second Thomas Shoal caused extensive damage to the shoal’s coral reef ecosystem. China claims a significant ...

The NAP serves as the Philippines' primary policy tool for building ... Part of its program includes safeguarding vital coastal habitats such as mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass beds and other ...

NEW DELHI: China on Monday accused the Philippines of causing significant harm to the coral reef ecosystem in the Nansha Islands, located in the South China Sea, due to the "illegal" beaching of ...

Most coral reefs do not thrive in nutrient-poor “marine deserts” as once believed, but instead flourish in nutrient-rich ...

The ocean may be nature’s single greatest gift to humanity. It provides about half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions ...