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Montevideo, October 15th 2026 - 13:51 UTC

Environment

  • Sunday, June 14th 2026 - 20:30 UTC

    Uruguay to add AI to environmental controls and seeks a new environmental-crimes law

    In Minister Ortuño's view, the increase in administrative sanctions set by the recent fines decree “must be complemented by the incorporation into the Penal Code of a chapter on environmental crimes”

    Uruguay's Environment Minister, Edgardo Ortuño, said the ministry will incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into environmental controls and push for a new environmental-crimes law, among the priorities he outlined ahead of the budget review (Rendición de Cuentas) that the Executive will present to Parliament on June 30.

  • Thursday, June 11th 2026 - 22:34 UTC

    Colombia's government confirms El Niño will be among the most intense since 1950

    In Colombia, El Niño tends to be associated with a decline in rainfall, which raises the risk of drought and energy rationing in a country that relies heavily on hydroelectric generation

    Colombia's Environment Ministry confirmed on Thursday that the El Niño phenomenon arrived about three months earlier than expected and that, if projections hold, it will be one of the “most intense recorded since 1950,” according to data from the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam). The agency said the conditions associated with the phenomenon —which warms ocean waters above normal— are already present in the equatorial Pacific.

  • Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 19:55 UTC

    Falklands celebrated Environment and Oceans awareness last Sunday

    The Falkland Islands Environment Department, together with Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Maritime Authority joined SAERI and other related organizations in celebrating World Environment Day and World Ocean Day during the last weekend.

  • Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 14:20 UTC

    IAATO's new Geofenced Whale Area around South Orkney Islands

    Happywhale's Ted Cheeseman called the South Orkney Islands an 'oceanic Serengeti for whales (Pic Gennaa Rowland)

    On World Oceans Day the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, IAATO reaffirmed its commitment to protecting the Southern Ocean by announcing the establishment of a new voluntary “Geofenced Whale Area” around the South Orkney Islands beginning in the 2026/27 Antarctic season.

  • Wednesday, June 3rd 2026 - 08:30 UTC

    BAS confirmed as world’s leading center for Antarctic and Southern Ocean research

    Professor Dame Jane Francis (Director of BAS) and Oliver Darke (Director of Operations, Engineering and Infrastructure) representing the UK at ATCM in Japan

    A major new analysis has confirmed the UK’s British Antarctic Survey (BAS) as the world’s leading center for Antarctic and Southern Ocean research. This was revealed during the Antarctic treaty Consultive Meeting, ATCM, recent May meeting in Japan that convened Antarctic Leaders and government official from across the world.

  • Thursday, May 28th 2026 - 07:57 UTC

    Falklands has a new officer qualified in Environmental Management QLS Level 5

    Clare proudly showing her diplomas

    Falkland Islands Development Corporation, FIDC, Business Development Officer, Clare Guest has been congratulated for having recently completed an Advanced Diploma in Environmental Management QLS Level 5 through Bristol Opus Leadership College.

  • Wednesday, May 27th 2026 - 18:36 UTC

    Western Europe breaks heat records in mid-spring with deaths in United Kingdom and France

    The episode is part of a trend of extreme events that the scientific community links directly to human-driven climate change

    Several Western European countries this week broke historic temperature records for the boreal spring, in a heat wave described as “unprecedented” by national weather services in the United Kingdom and France, which has caused at least ten deaths and stretched the continent's health services. The episode is part of a trend of extreme events that the scientific community links directly to human-driven climate change, according to a study published on Tuesday that concluded that the temperature spikes “are primarily attributed to human driven climate change.”

  • Tuesday, May 26th 2026 - 08:14 UTC

    United Kingdom records hottest May since 1922 with overnight temperature record

    The United Kingdom registered on Tuesday its warmest dawn ever recorded for a May month, with a minimum temperature of 21.3 degrees Celsius in south London, according to the British Meteorological Office, known as the Met. The reading constitutes what meteorologists call a “tropical night,” a category reserved for periods in which the overnight temperature does not fall below 20 degrees, an unusual phenomenon for this time of year in the British Isles.

  • Friday, May 22nd 2026 - 23:12 UTC

    Humpback whales observation show they moved between Australia and Brazil, the longest travel distance ever

    Climate change's effects on ocean sea ice and prey locations could be altering or influencing whales' movement patterns Image: Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu/picture alliance

    Two humpback whales have been sighted in separate breeding grounds off Australia and Brazil, the first time scientists have seen the species travel such vast distances across the Southern Ocean during their lifetimes.

  • Thursday, May 21st 2026 - 18:41 UTC

    Gentoo Penguins Are Actually Four Different Species, Latest Scientists Research, Smithsonian Magazine

    The northern Gentoo, or Pygoscelis papua, lives on the Falkland and Martillo Islands of South America. These penguins thrive in the warmer and saltier waters north of the polar front

    A new study indicates that the adaptable marine birds evolved into distinct lineages as isolated populations shifted to match their environmental conditions over time. The work has implications for how conservationists assess threats to Gentoos. (Piece by Carlyn Kranking, Associate Web Editor, Science, Communications Biology)