Environment

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  South Georgia launches Protect, Sustain, Inspire as part of its non native plant management strategy

  

  The control and management of non-native species is a key factor in ensuring that the island of South Georgia continues to be an ecosystem in recovery. Under the Protect, Sustain, Inspire framework, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) has committed to comprehensive invasive plant management.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Satellite images and artificial intelligence systems facilitate whales census and conservation work

  

  A new dataset featuring hundreds of satellite images of whales has been published to support the development of artificial intelligence systems which will aid crucial conservation work.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 22:01 UTC

  Brazilian Senate to oversee Amazonia investigations

  

  Brazil's Senate Monday approved an initiative to create a temporary committee to oversee the probe into the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips, a correspondent for The Guardian, and his indigenist guide Bruno Araújo Pereira, a National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) official on leave.