Environment

Wednesday, June 4th 2025 - 03:44 UTC
South Korea hosting World Environment Day 2025 main events

South Korea will host the World Environment Day 2025 celebrations Wednesday with a focus on plastic pollution, which poses serious threats to marine life, biodiversity, and human health. Established by the UN in 1972, this global initiative encourages governments, organizations, and individuals to take action in this regard
Saturday, May 31st 2025 - 13:55 UTC
Falklands, Darwin Plus successes, peatlands, tussac grass, Sei whales, protection of Rockhopper penguins

The following lines were written by Katie-jo Luxton, director of conservation at the RSPB underlining the significance of the Darwin Plus scheme for the Falklands. “Falkland Islands Conservationists have warned that the UK Government’s retreat from environmental support there would “be a real concern”.
Saturday, May 31st 2025 - 13:52 UTC
British Family concern with Darwin Plus suspension and possible axing of vital conservation funds

Environmentalists, UK MPs and the same British Overseas Territories fear that Chancellor Rachel Reeves could be axing a vital fund, some £10 million to the Darwin Plus scheme, which is essential for scientific research in places such as the Falkland Islands and South Georgia.
Saturday, May 31st 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Argentina objects to EU's deforestation “standard” risk rating

Argentina has formally objected to the European Union's preliminary classification of the country as a “standard risk” under the EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR). The regulation, set to take effect in 2026, aims to ensure that consumer products imported into the EU, such as soybeans, beef, timber, and cocoa, do not originate from deforested areas after December 31, 2020.
Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 14:49 UTC
Forty years since the discovery of the ozone hole by a team of BAS scientists

This month, the world will mark the 40th anniversary of a moment that changed the course of history: the publication in Nature of ground-breaking research that presented the discovery of the ozone hole more precisely on 16 May 1985.
Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:50 UTC
Plus 400,000 Antarctica visitors forecasted next decade; IATTO’s cautious reply

A new report published in the Journal for Sustainable Tourism suggests Antarctic tourist numbers could almost quadruple to 452,000 next decade. Icebergs, penguins and almost half a million annual tourists, make up the potential scenario facing Antarctica next decade,
Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:23 UTC
Brazil: Bird flu case detected in wild animals

A new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in wild birds in Montenegro, in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul, specifically affecting the species joão-de-barro (Furnarius rufus) was confirmed Wednesday, while a suspected case in a commercial poultry slaughterhouse in Tocantins was ruled out.
Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:17 UTC
Falklands, DarwinPlus project to analyze fresh water dynamics for Stanley

Two scientists from SAERI, South Atlantic Environment Research Institute have been checking on the Falkland Islands capital city Stanley main fresh water supply at the Moody Brook River.
Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:11 UTC
Trump tells UK to get rid of unsightly windmills and open North Sea to modern drilling

President Donald Trump on Truth Social has strongly criticized UK’s energy policy of pursuing renewables and further taxing North Sea oil and gas operators. In a piece published in OilPrice he suggests getting rid of “costly and unsightly windmills”.
Monday, May 26th 2025 - 10:41 UTC
No fatalities reported as tornado hits southern Chile

An EF-1 tornado with winds between 138 and 187 km/h Sunday struck Puerto Varas in southern Chile, about 1,000 km south of Santiago, injuring eight people, none critically, and damaging approximately 150–250 homes, with significant impact on roofs, trees, power poles, and vehicles.