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Montevideo, November 22nd 2025 - 07:59 UTC

Environment

  • Wednesday, October 29th 2025 - 22:28 UTC

    Melissa causes havoc in Jamaica and Cuba

    Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, but was downgraded to Category 3 when it reached Cuba

    Hurricane Melissa hit Cuba's eastern provinces overnight, leaving a wake of widespread destruction, cutting off communities, flooding homes, and causing severe damage to critical infrastructure. The powerful storm eventually weakened but continued to generate unstable conditions across the eastern part of the island, where communities grappled with the aftermath as it drifted northeast.

  • Tuesday, October 21st 2025 - 10:02 UTC

    Amazon: Petrobras cleared to start drilling on Equatorial Margin

    In recent years, the Equatorial Margin has garnered significant attention following oil discoveries in nearby nations

    Brazil's state-owned oil company, Petrobras, has received a license from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) to begin exploratory oil drilling on the Equatorial Margin of the Amazon, an area with high hydrocarbon potential, it was announced on Monday.

  • Saturday, October 18th 2025 - 06:46 UTC

    Falklands’ avian influenza, Yorke Bay Gentoo Colony closed to Public Access

    Given the proximity of the affected colony to Stanley, the density of wildlife in the area, Yorke Bay Gentoo colony is closed to public access and is declared an infected place.

    On Wednesday, 15 October, swabs from 3 dead Gentoo penguins from Yorke Bay returned positive results for highly pathogenic avian influenza. On Sunday, 12 October, more than one hundred carcasses were observed at the site, with several more symptomatic individuals also counted. Estimated further mortality for the week of 13 October exceeded the threshold for review of current management.

  • Friday, October 17th 2025 - 00:59 UTC

    British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has officially launched its 2025/26 Antarctic field season

    The Falklands flagged polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough, where BAS scientists conduct multi-disciplinary research studying the ocean, seafloor, ice and atmosphere.

    October 16 marked the arrival of the first aircraft at Rothera Research Station and the departure of the Falklands-flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough from the UK. The new season brings a full schedule of ambitious science, deep-field exploration, and major infrastructure milestones across the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic.

  • Thursday, October 16th 2025 - 20:10 UTC

    Haddad insists on taxing super rich to fight social inequality

    Multilateralism and tax justice are essential for a “greener, more stable, and more inclusive” global economy, Haddad argued

    Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad reinforced his stance regarding global taxation of the super-rich to finance the fight against the climate crisis and to fight social inequality. He outlined his position in a letter at the 2025 annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington, DC.

  • Wednesday, October 15th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Brazil wants sustainable fuels quadrupled

    “Countries like Brazil are well positioned to make a contribution beyond themselves,” Silva said

    Brazil launched on Tuesday an initiative called the “Belém Commitment for Sustainable Fuels” -or “Belém 4x”- to quadruple production and use of sustainable fuels by 2035. The motion has been supported by India, Italy, and Japan, it was announced on the second and final day of Pre-COP negotiations in Brasilia.

  • Thursday, October 9th 2025 - 08:54 UTC

    “Ticket to Antarctica,” Fleet of BAS airplanes heading from Canada to Rothera research station

    UK’s Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula, a vast journey broken down across 11 stops over North and South American continents, including Falklands

    The fleet of British Antarctic Survey, BAS, aircraft have taken off on their annual ‘ferry flights’ from Canada, in preparation for a new season of science in Antarctica. The BAS fleet of aircraft is now flying the thousands of miles to the UK’s Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula – a vast journey that is broken down across 11 stops over the North and South American continents, including Falkland Islands.

  • Wednesday, October 8th 2025 - 21:33 UTC

    South Georgia receives the visit of Commissioner Martin-Reynolds

    Mr. Colin Martin-Reynolds before boarding the MV Silver Explorer

    The Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Mr. Colin Martin-Reynolds has visited the British Overseas Territory, some 1.400 kilometers east/south east of the Falklands, and which are also in his realm of action.

  • Wednesday, October 8th 2025 - 08:51 UTC

    Falklands invites Wildlife Photographer Rachel Bigsby to promote the Islands

    Rachel has delivered lectures at prestigious institutions such as the Natural History Museum, Royal Geographical Society, and National Museum of Scotland.

    The Falkland Islands Government is delighted to welcome Rachel Bigsby, an award-winning wildlife photographer with a special interest in seabirds, to the Falkland Islands.

  • Monday, October 6th 2025 - 10:01 UTC

    Taxing foreign ships suggested at Caribbean Maritime University

    The institution gained university status in 2017

    Applying a so-called blue tax to all foreign cruise lines and foreign shippers using Caribbean ports was suggested during a conference at the Caribbean Maritime University last week by Former Trinidad and Tobago minister Devant Maharaj. The funds would be allocated to Caricom's efforts to protect marine ecosystems from pollution.