Rains in summer
signal climate change—PAGASA
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:48:00
04/16/2009
Filed Under: Weather,
Climate Change
BAGUIO CITY – Rains in March and April, considered one of the
hottest months in summer, are signs of climate change, according to
a weather expert.
The unusual weather is “good for agriculture but bad for
infrastructure,” said Danny Galate, weather specialist of the
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration here.
Aside from climate change, the cold front and the melting of ice
in Antarctica have contributed to intermittent rains in summer.
“The melting of the ice from Antarctica moved to Japan so the
cold front extended. We never experienced this before. The pattern
was broken because of the climate change,” he said.
Galate said farmers appreciated the rains during summer because
these reduced the use of chemical fertilizers on plants.
Dr. Teresita Mangili, research coordinator of the Bureau of Plant
and Industry in the Cordillera, said the rains also drove away
insects that fed on vegetables in farms in Mt. Province and
Benguet. Desiree Caluza, Inquirer Northern
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