Environment

• Monday, December 16th 2024 - 09:33 UTC

  Presidents of Colombia and Ecuador meet in Galapagos

  

  Presidents Daniel Noboa of Ecuador and Gustavo Petro of Colombia met Sunday at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos Islands to discuss environmental protection initiatives, border cooperation, and other matters of mutual interest, such as drug trafficking and energy integration.

• Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:06 UTC

  Improved weather and soil moisture could mean an extraordinary crop year for Argentina

  

  The Rosario Board of Trade (BCR) announced that the Argentine 2024/25 wheat crop is estimated to reach 19.3 million tons, up from the previous 18.8 million tons, and this is attributed to higher-than-expected yields, bolstered by favorable weather conditions in November, as highlighted in its monthly grain report released this week.

• Thursday, December 12th 2024 - 22:29 UTC

  Argentina now reportedly redlights RRS James Cook mission

  

  Argentina's Foreign Ministry has been reported to have backtracked on the clearance previously given to the RRS James Cook to perform a scientific mission in the Argentine Sea. According to Buenos Aires' Clarín, Deputy Foreign Minister Eduardo Bustamante gave the order.

• Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 14:26 UTC

  Exploring Falkland Islands' Ecosystems: Insights from the FI-BRIL Project

  

  By Emeritus Professor Roger Flower, UCL - ”The Falkland Islands are a rather remote, treeless archipelago in the western South Atlantic. They are now probably best known for their important biodiversity, sheep farming and productive marine fisheries.  

• Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 09:17 UTC

  State of water shortage declared in five major rivers in Brazil

  

  Brazilian authorities Monday decreed a “state of water shortage” in the basins of five major rivers nationwide. The critical situation affects some 2,264 million km², it was explained. It was the first time in over 100 gauging these water levels that such an extreme measure has been adopted.

• Monday, December 9th 2024 - 10:36 UTC

  Water levels at Yacyretá grow after heavy rains

  

  Paraguayan authorities reported an increase in the water levels at the Yacyretá hydroelectric dam this weekend following heavy rains in recent days. Yacyretá's Hydrology Department issued a warning indicating that inflows had increased as a result of the rainfall recorded in the contributing basin and in Brazilian territory.

• Saturday, December 7th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  Fifth global conference fails to reach deal on curbing plastic pollution

  

  The fifth and intended final meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea, concluded with negotiators unable to reach a deal on a new global treaty to curb plastic pollution. The failure of this fifth session of the INC, or INC-5, to deliver on its mandate highlights the persistent challenges of reaching a consensus to solve the growing issue of global plastics pollution.

• Friday, December 6th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Relief in Brazil, EU negotiators agree to delay anti-deforestation bill until end of 2025

  

  The implementation of the European Union Deforestation Regulation bill has been postponed until the end of 2025, following a provisional political agreement this week, between the European Parliament and the European Council.

• Wednesday, December 4th 2024 - 06:11 UTC

  Patagonian Shelf Waters Abloo in austral spring, NASA Earth Observatory

  

  An austral spring 2024, a phytoplankton bloom off the coast of Argentina painted the waters blue and green. Blooms are common in the region this time of year, but clouds often block the view from above.

• Tuesday, December 3rd 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Paris’ obsession against a deal with Mercosur: shortcomings of French agribusiness

  

  Why is France so committed to avoid making viable the European Union/Mercosur trade and cooperation agreement? Interest group in France argue that domestic agribusiness has been undergoing profound structural changes over the past few decades, among which declining productivity, rising costs, and a waning interest among younger generations in pursuing agricultural work.