Environment

Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 15:20 UTC
Petrobras orders four homebuilt tankers

Brazil's State-run oil company Petrobras and its subsidiary Transpetro Monday signed a contract for the building of four Handy-class tankers, each costing US$ 69.5 million, with a total investment of US$ 278 million. The new ships will become a part of Petrobras' Fleet Renewal and Expansion Program. The ceremony in Rio Grande do Sul was attended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin, and other officials.
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Monday, February 24th 2025 - 09:24 UTC
Brazil sets new biodiversity targets for 2025-2030 term

Brazil's National Biodiversity Commission (Conabio) has established new national biodiversity targets for the period 2025 to 2030 and recommended a new set of measures for the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), pursuant to the Dec. 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), of which the South American country is a signatory.
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Monday, February 24th 2025 - 02:57 UTC
Attack on a penguin at Falklands, Volunteer Point receives international photography prize

United States Princeton University Press, PUP, is delighted to be the publisher of Bird Photographer of the Year annual collections, and to present this showcase of the winning photographs from the 2024 competition.
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Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 15:19 UTC
Pod of 157 false killer whales stranded in Tasmania; most died and survivors have to be euthanized

Australian authorities have confirmed that 67 of the 157 false killer whales stranded on a remote beach on Tasmania’s West Coast overnight Tuesday/Wednesday have died. Parks and Wildlife’s Shelley Graham said on Wednesday afternoon that the surviving whales remain in “unfavorable” conditions, with attempts to refloat two of them unsuccessful, meaning euthanasia is a strong solution.
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Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 15:12 UTC
Two female King Penguins, German born, join Birdland Park in Gloucestershire

Two female King penguins arrived last week at Birdland Park and Gardens in Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire. The pair hatched in Wuppertal, Germany, in 2021 and 2023 and are believed to be the first female king penguins to be imported to the UK in 15 years. The Birdland Park hopes to boost its breeding program of King Penguins.
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Tuesday, February 18th 2025 - 09:46 UTC
Record-high temperatures hit Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro City authorities Monday recorded a temperature of 44ºC, the highest on the Rio Alert System files since 2014, and with no rain forecast for Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Temperatures are thus expected to be above 40°C with moderate winds on Tuesday afternoon while dropping slightly in the coming days.
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Tuesday, February 18th 2025 - 08:25 UTC
Penguin eggs, “once vital for Antarctic explorers, but now illegal to consume”

A Korean news site has published an interesting article on Penguin Eggs, and its nutritional virtues, which it describes as “once vital for Antarctic Explorers”, and we might add decades ago, part of Falkland Islanders diet, but which are now illegal to consume and penguins very much protected and loved.
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Thursday, February 13th 2025 - 01:18 UTC
Uruguay's Green Energy Success Story Takes an Unexpected Turn

Uruguay has been considered a leading country in renewable energy, with 98% of its energy eolic, but now has surprisingly has invited foreign companies to explore for offshore oil and gas reserves, attracting some of the heavy weights of he industry, which has generated certain controversy in the country regarding concerns about the impact on marine life and the potential damage to Uruguay’s current global standing. OilPrice, which specializes in the oil and gas industry information comments on the decision.
Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 21:11 UTC
Falklands: heavy rains and winds cause flooding, slippery roads and power cuts

The Falkland Islands Public Works Department would like to advise the public that due to the heavy rain being experienced on Tuesday, 11 February, and forecast for the rest of the week that there may be some localized flooding.
Monday, February 10th 2025 - 21:40 UTC
Almost half of the migrants welcomed in Brazil were Venezuelan

Brazilian authorities confirmed that a total of 194,331 migrants arrived in South America's largest country last year, according to the 8th edition of the Migration Bulletin, published by the National Justice Secretariat (Senajus) Monday. Venezuelans topped the list with 94,726 people. As for refugees, ”Venezuela remains the main country of origin of recognized refugees (12,726), followed by Afghanistan (283) and Colombia (121),” the bulletin stated.