Environment

• Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 07:10 UTC

  Rossby Waves, and Wave-7

  

  Bt Gwynne Dyer – It used to blast straight east all the way around the planet, but even then it occasionally developed long S-shaped kinks called Rossby waves: Big loops extending far north and south of its usual track.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  After thirty years of prolific research, RRS James Clark Ross makes final call to the Falklands

  

  The RRS James Clark Ross (JCR) made her final call to her homeport of the Falkland Islands on Monday March first, since after thirty years of service, the JCR will be sold at the end of her 20/21 Antarctic season.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Pablo Escobar's original four hippos in Colombia, could number 1,400 by 2034

  

  Hippopotamuses are increasing in Colombia despite being an alien species in South America. Their existence in the country began with the import of four individuals by drug lord Pablo Escobar. The four hippopotamuses later escaped into the wild.

• Friday, February 26th 2021 - 21:27 UTC

  Drones in New Zealand to protect endangered dolphins

  

  The New Zealand's government is supporting a new project using drone technology to understand and protect the endangered Māui dolphins in the country. Maui dolphins live in a small stretch of ocean off the west coast of New Zealand's North Island and current estimates suggest that only 63 dolphins older than one year remain, raising concerns that they may soon become extinct.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Rescuers in New Zealand manage to refloat some 28 beached pilot whales

  

  A group of 28 pilot whales were successfully refloated at a notorious New Zealand beach where more than a dozen of the marine mammals died this week. The long-finned pilot whales, which had re-stranded themselves once before, appeared to have finally swum out to sea, animal rescue charity Project Jonah said.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Lost sheep found in Australia delivered more than 35 kilograms of wool

  

  Imagine a stray sheep yielding a fleece weighing more than 35 kilograms: it happened in Australia where Baarack was found by rescuers and was shorn for the first time in who knows how many years.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  Brazilian border state of Acre chastised by the spell of several plagues

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday visited the state of Acre, in the Amazon rainforest, where several cities have been submerged in floodwaters, adding yet another challenge for the beleaguered state.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Major Spanish renewable energy group Abengoa files for insolvency

  

  Spain's renewable energy group Abengoa SA filed for insolvency late on Monday, after its latest attempt to restructure its debts fell apart. The parent company of the renewable-energy producer, which is the entity that filed for insolvency, had around 1 billion Euros of liabilities in 2019.

• Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 13:38 UTC

  Green hydrogen hub planned in northeast Brazil

  

  A US$ 5.4bn green hydrogen hub has been planned in Ceará, northeast Brazil, and most probably the first-of-its-kind in Latin America. Set to be located at the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex (CIPP), 60km from Fortaleza, the hub will be built by Australia’s Enegix Energy.

• Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Argentina's Antarctica Day celebrates 117 years of Orcadas Station, formally Omond House met station

  

  Argentina on 22 February celebrates Antarctica Day, which commemorates the inauguration of the Meteorology and Magnetic Observatory on Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, in 1904, which would later become Orcadas Station, a historic milestone which marked the beginning of Argentina's uninterrupted presence in Antarctica.