Environment

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 12:13 UTC

  RRS James Clark Ross has been sold to the Ukrainian Antarctic Scientific Center

  

  This is the second time that a UK research asset has transferred to Ukrainian research colleagues – the first being the transfer in 1996 of the former Faraday station that is now known as Vernadsky.

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  One dead and many missing as Pemex offshore plant explodes in Gulf of Mexico

  

  Six people were initially reported injured and taken to hospitals in nearby Campeche Sunday after a Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico was set ablaze following an explosion.

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Death toll from Haiti's earthquake reaches 2,207 and counting

  

  Haitian authorities Sunday released an update of the consequences of the Aug. 14 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, according to which the death toll has reached 2,207.

• Friday, August 20th 2021 - 18:36 UTC

  Chubut imposes strict measures on shrimp landings to protect the fishery

  

  The Argentine Patagonia province of Chubut has imposed strict limits to the landings of shrimp caught in its waters, with the purpose of protecting the resource, limiting discards and damaged crustaceans which result in lower prices because of poor quality.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 05:29 UTC

  Antarctic Ambassadorship Day Announced on 30th Anniversary of International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators

  

  The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has announced the launch of a global Antarctic Ambassadorship Day to be held for the first time in April 2022.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Plastic pollution and ocean acidification reduce Antarctic krill development, BAS research

  

  Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, research published in Marine Frontiers reveals.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentine fishing industry presents its objections to the Protected Marine Area, Blue Hole

  

  The bill creating the Protected Marine Area, Blue Hole, in the South Atlantic and currently under consideration in the Argentine congress has received strong criticism from the Argentine fishing sector, united under the umbrella of Intercamaras.

• Monday, August 16th 2021 - 08:02 UTC

  Death toll from Haiti earthquake reaches 1,297 by Sunday evening

  

  Authorities in charge of the relief efforts after Saturday's earthquake in Haiti Sunday announced the death toll had reached 1,297 and counting. After the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the Richter scale that struck the southwest of the country, there were five aftershocks, including one of magnitude 5.2 17 kilometers from the town of Chantal, also with an epicenter 10 kilometers deep.

• Monday, August 16th 2021 - 05:56 UTC

  PAHO Emergency medical teams expected at earthquake bashed Haiti

  

  A team of experts from the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) office in Port au Prince has been deployed to evaluate damage and coordinate an appropriate health response following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Haiti on the morning of Saturday August 14.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 15:52 UTC

  Chilean agriculture and fruit producers suffering the hydric crisis

  

  Chile faces a “state of shock in agriculture and fruit growing” because of the severity of the hydric crisis and sustained drought, to which must be added the driest July in the country's history, pointed out the president of the Chilean Federation of Fruit Producers, Jorge Valenzuela.