Environment

Wednesday, October 18th 2023 - 10:07 UTC
Amazonian rivers in Brazil hit by severe drought

According to reports released in Brazil Tuesday, the Solimões River has dried up and has become a desert while the Negro River in Manaus has reached historic levels of drought and nearing figures similar to those recorded during the Oct. 2010 crisis.
Friday, October 13th 2023 - 06:20 UTC
Environmentally concerned Chile unveils first green hydrogen-powered bus

Chile's first intercity bus powered by green hydrogen was launched Wednesday. According to those behind the initiative, these units generate water and heat as their only waste, thus eliminating polluting emissions en route to reducing the carbon footprint, the state agency Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (Corfo) and the company Foton, said.
Thursday, October 12th 2023 - 08:30 UTC
Falklands flagged Sir David Attenborough prepares for its Antarctic summer expedition

Having ended its Arctic expedition, icebreaker Sir David Attenborough has docked in Harwich before it will head off to welcome its new crew and prepare for the austral summer mission in Antarctica.
Thursday, October 12th 2023 - 07:53 UTC
Avian Flu: Uruguay admits burying 400 sea lions; but a similar number tested positive

Uruguay has admitted that some 400 sea lions have died and have been buried in two meters deep graves, taking into account very special sanitary conditions to avoid contagion of the H5 virus or avian flu.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 07:51 UTC
Argentine province of Córdoba gripped by wildfires

Authorities in the Argentine province of Córdoba are increasingly concerned about multiple outbreaks of forest fires ravaging the departments of Santa María, Punilla, Totoral, Minas, and San Justo, leaving the district in a state of emergency, it was reported.
Monday, October 9th 2023 - 09:55 UTC
Copernicus satellite detected giant hole in ozone layer over Antarctica, three times the size of Brazil

The European Space agency Copernicus Sentinel satellite detected a giant hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, as part of the EU's Environmental monitoring program. The hole which scientists call an “ozone depleted area” was 26 million square kilometers in size, roughly three times the size of Brazil.
Friday, October 6th 2023 - 08:49 UTC
Mount Blanc has lost two meters over two years, French geometers blame climate change

Mont Blanc, the Alps' highest peak and the highest mountain in Europe outside of the Caucasus range, has lost more than two meters in height over the past two years, according to French researchers.
Thursday, October 5th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Uruguay sanctions Finnish paper company UPM for caustic soda spill into watercourse

Uruguay's Ministry of the Environment will fine the Finnish paper mill UPM after a spill of approximately one million liters from one of its plants located in the center of the country affected a watercourse that flows into the Río Negro. This event, according to official sources, occurred in August and was “accidental”.
Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 10:47 UTC
Severe drought and warm waters killing dolphins in the Amazon river basin

More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in a tributary of Amazon river in Brazil this past week. Experts suspect the deaths may have been caused by severe drought and rising heat.
Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 10:40 UTC
Studying the impact of commercial whaling in South Georgia on today's pods

While commercial whaling in the twentieth century killed big whale populations, it also appears to have had a long-term impact on the genetic variety of today's surviving whales, according to a piece by Nature World News extracted from Journal of Heredity.