The Department of Science & Technology-Science Education Institute, in cooperation with the Negros Oriental Provincial S&T Center, recently concluded the week-long climate science boot camp in Negros Oriental.
Some 250 high school students and teachers from four selected public schools participated in the boot camp. Anchored on the theme Oceans and Climate towards a Resilient Planet, the camp sought to encourage students to pursue S&T careers, and instill deep appreciation of S&T as a way to address environmental and societal issues.
It featured lectures, hands-on activities about atmosphere, weather, ocean and marine biodiversity.
The participants were joined by scientists, instructors and researchers from the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute led by Dr. Aletta Yñiguez, the SEI headed by Ruby Cristobal, and meteorologists from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration.
The lectures focused on temperature, pressure, rainfall, greenhouse gases, weather, hazards, and extreme weather conditions. They also discussed oceanic temperature, circulation, chemistry, marine biology, and focused on issues such as ocean warming, rise of sea levels, ocean acidification, and the impacts of coral bleaching.
The participants were students from Dauin National High School, RTPM-Dumaguete Science High School, Dumaguete City High School, and Zamboanguita Science High School.
The same activity was simultaneously conducted in Siquijor. (Sean Adrian Guardiano/ S&T Media Service)
