Environment

Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
South Georgia: Yacht Charter to support wandering albatross surveys

In 2024, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) will be undertaking a census of wandering albatross on South Georgia alongside various complementary terrestrial monitoring activities. To support this, GSGSSI requires to charter a yacht. We invite operators to tender for the provision of this service.
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Wednesday, June 29th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
United Nations “Ocean emergency” conference opens in Lisbon

With climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution exacting a devastating toll on the world’s ocean — critical to food security, economic growth, and the environment — the 2022 UN Ocean Conference opened in Lisbon, Portugal with a call for a new chapter of ocean action driven by science, technology and innovation.
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Monday, June 27th 2022 - 08:37 UTC
Slain British reporter buried in Rio de Janeiro

British reporter Dom Phillips, who was murdered earlier this month while venturing into Amazonia to gather material for a book, has been laid to rest in Niterói, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro.
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Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Midwinter Day in Antarctica, the shortest and darkest of the year

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff in the UK and across three Antarctic wintering stations observed the shortest, darkest day of the year on the frozen continent with a host of unique celebrations.
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Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:59 UTC
New Zealand korora penguins dying because of climate change with food more difficult to reach

Small bodies of hundreds of penguins have washed ashore on the northernmost coasts of New Zealand, and although their deaths were at first a mystery, researchers now think they understand why the kororā, or little blue penguins are dying.
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Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:54 UTC
First Chilean-built icebreaker 60% complete

At a total cost of around US$ 210 million, Chile's first home-built icebreaker is already 60% complete and plans to be seaworthy by the time of the XII International Naval Exhibition and Congress in Valparaíso in December, it was reported.
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Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:28 UTC
Phillips's boat found in Amazonia river

The boat British reporter Dom Phillips and local indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira were riding when they were ambushed and killed on June 5 has been retrieved from the bottom of a river, Amazonas Civil Police announced Monday.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 09:24 UTC
German “Green” minister admits electricity coal burning plants will have to go back into production

Germany will have to increase the burning of coal for electricity production, because of the cut in gas supplies from Russia, economy minister Robert Habeck announced, despite his Greem party's policy favoring green energy and eliminating fossil fuel.
Monday, June 20th 2022 - 20:42 UTC
Third suspect arrested, five others at large in Phillips/Araújo murder

Brazilian authorities have confirmed that following scientific assessments, British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira were killed in Amazonia “with typical hunting ammunition.” Forensic experts also completed the identification of Pereira's body.
Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Phillips and Araújo found dead in Amazonia – killers said to have confessed

The bodies of British reporter Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araújo Pereira were found lifeless in Amazonia Wednesday while the two suspects arrested in connection with the case have reportedly confessed to committing the murders.