Environment

Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 09:58 UTC
Global deforestation gobbles an area bigger than Germany in a decade, WWF

More than 43 million hectares of forest - an area bigger than Germany - have been lost in a little over a decade in just a handful of deforestation hot spots, conservation organization WWF said on Wednesday.
Monday, January 11th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Algae blooms in the South West Atlantic caught on satellite images

In austral spring and summer, conditions in the South Atlantic off Patagonia often become just right for phytoplankton, and populations of the plant-like organisms explode into enormous blooms.
Friday, January 8th 2021 - 08:48 UTC
Atmosphere carbon dioxide forecasted to reach 50% higher than before the industrial revolution

Human activity will push concentrations of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to levels 50% higher than before the industrial revolution this year, breaching a symbolic climate change threshold, the UK's Met Office forecast on Friday.
Tuesday, January 5th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
Bolivian glacier disappearing and the capital La Paz running out of water

Bolivia's Tuni glacier is disappearing faster than initially anticipated, according to scientists in the Andean nation, a predicament that will likely make worse water shortages already plaguing the capital La Paz, just 60 km away.
Tuesday, January 5th 2021 - 09:36 UTC
Dry weather threatens southern Brazil and eastern Argentina

Dry weather across some of the major producing regions in South America is putting upward pressure on corn and soybean prices at the start the new year. Dryness is expected to continue through the short term across southern Brazil and especially in the main-producing states in Argentina.
Monday, December 28th 2020 - 09:13 UTC
WHO chief warns Covid-19 will not be the last pandemic: climate change and animal welfare must be addressed

The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic, and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without tackling climate change and animal welfare, the World Health Organization's chief said.
Monday, December 28th 2020 - 08:50 UTC
Sunday 6,8 magnitude earthquake rocks south central Chile on Sunday

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck off the coast of south-central Chile on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, but Chilean officials immediately discarded the risk of a tsunami.
Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Brazil pledges a target of 45% renewable energy by 2050

Brazil has now moved past the 7 gigawatts (GW) mark of total installed renewables – and has set the ambition of 45% of its energy needs being generated in similar form by 2050.
Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 08:34 UTC
Japan plans to catch some 383 large whales this season

Japanese authorities have set the catch limit for the upcoming whaling season at 383 large whales – a number identical to that set in the last catch earlier this year.
Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 09:22 UTC
Widowed penguins comforting each other, winner of Ocean Photograph awards

The year 2020 has produced many poignant and powerful photographs. But a shot of two widowed penguins appearing to comfort one another in Australia has been picked out as a winner in Oceanographic magazine's Ocean Photograph Awards.