By Ateneo Physics News “Generating and communicating future climate projections from multiple models to inform resilience building in the Philippines,” by Dr Joseph Daron, Science Manager of the International Climate Services Team, UK Met Office. The talk was held on 5 February 2018,...
by Dr. Antonio La Viña Gemma Narisma and I are happy to join the ranks of Directors of the Manila Observatory, a long line that goes all the way to Padre Federico Faura, SJ, the first director of Observatorio Meteorológico de Manila founded in...
by Genevieve H. Lorenzo The Philippines and the South East Asian region are at high risk to Climate Change and hydro-meteorological hazards. More studies are needed to shed light to the meteorological processes that are affecting the region, but these have been limited...
24 October 2017 Memo to: The Manila Observatory Community Re: Appointment of Incoming Executive Director for 2018-2020 Message of Thanks to the Incumbent Executive Director I am pleased to announce that in its meeting last 10 October 2017, after due consultation and discernment,...
by Dr. James B. Simpas The Manila Observatory and the Ateneo de Manila University organized the Philippines Grant Workshop 2017 which provided researchers in the Philippines an overview of international grant opportunities from the US Department of State (DoS) and Department of Defense...
by Genevieve H. Lorenzo Enthusiastic Grade 5-6 students of the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Grade School: members of the Astronomy Club Astroblu, dropped by the Manila Observatory on September 18, 2017 to assemble Galileoscope telescopes. They were very excited and focused while...
by Melliza Cruz, Genevieve Lorenzo, Paola Bañaga, Grethyl Catipay, Grace Betito, Erica Banares, Maria Obiminda Cambaliza, Nofel Lagrosas, James Simpas, Jose Ramon Villarin, and Daniel McNamara Lighting fireworks and firecrackers have long been a part of the Filipino New Year’s tradition. However, amid...
A Case Study of Immediate Causes and Root Drivers from Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao and Tropical Storm Sendong/Washi
I am now Executive Director of Manila Observatory, a Jesuit scientific institution that, among others, works on climate change, disaster risk reduction, poverty mapping, etc. I replace my friend Toni Yulo Loyzaga whom I helped recruit to join MO a decade Ago. She...
by Genevieve H. Lorenzo, Quirino Sugon Jr, and Deanna Marie P. Olaguer In a memo dated 15 September 2016, Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, SJ, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Manila Observatory, announced the appointment of Dr. Antonio G. M. La Viña...
by Liz del Castillo Last September 5-6, 2016, Manila Observatory hosted the 5th year Final Project Meeting for Coastal Cities at Risk: Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities at the New World Hotel in Makati City. This project was supported by the International Research Initiative on Adaptation...
Manila Observatory (MO) culminated its 150th year anniversary celebration with a mass presided by Fr. Jose Ramon Villarin, SJ last September 26, 2016. Fr. Villarin thanked Ms. Antonia Yulo Loyzaga for her nine years of service as Executive Director from 2007 to 2016,...
The latest updates on Typhoon Haima (Lawin) 2016 will be posted here with links to the slides in pdf.
The Manila Observatory wishes to invite you to the talk Introspection on the past, present, and future of aerosol remote sensing by Dr. Jeffrey Reid, US Naval Research Laboratories Tuesday, 20 September 2016, 5:00-6:30 p.m. Heyden Hall, Manila Observatory Authors: Jeffrey S. Reid1, Arlindo M. Da...
by Melliza Templonuevo Cruz The Air Quality Dynamics Program would like to invite everyone to a talk this Friday, September 9, 10:00-11:30 am at the Heyden Hall of the Manila Observatory. Mr. Martin Thompson, Instrument Engineer in the Space Research Centre of the University...
This project highlights the learning of the PARR fellow during the visit to the NCDR, which was geared towards enhancing the Manila Observatory’s approach for effective science information communication towards risk reduction.
Authors: Genie Lorenzo, Liz Cruz, Nofel Lagrosas, Faye Cruz, James Simpas, Brent Holben, Susana Dorado, Victoriano Tobias, and Gemma Narisma Date: August 2013 From 14-23 June 2013, Singapore, parts of Malaysia and Indonesia were blanketed in a dangerous haze as fires burned in the neighboring...
The timeline of the Frontiers Exhibition is from 1865 to the present, and will also encompass, in part, our vision for the future. Since its inception in 1865, the Manila Observatory remained consistent in responding to the needs of the country, making incremental...
The second exhibition, Transitions, showcased the rise of the Manila Observatory from the ruins of the Second World War. After the government decided to establish its own Philippine Weather Bureau run by Filipinos, the Jesuit Fathers of the Observatory discerned on its new...
The first exhibition, Discoveries, showcased the beginnings and rapid growth of the Manila Observatory from 1865 under the Spanish government, and its reorganization under the American administration from 1901 up until World War II. From its humble beginnings in an abandoned pigeon house,...