Environment

Saturday, April 27th 2019 - 08:52 UTC
Tompkins Foundation donates Chile a million acres for two newly created national parks

The foundation created by the late creator of U.S. clothing brands Esprit and The North Face turned over 407,000 hectares (1 million acres) of forest, mountain, lakes and glaciers in Patagonia to the government of Chile on Friday, the Tompkins Conservation Foundation said.
Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:37 UTC
Brazilian ministry asks for an end to the list of endangered aquatic species

Brazil's agriculture minister has asked the minister of the environment to suspend the country's list of threatened and endangered aquatic species. “It's hurting fishermen”, Jorge Seif Júnior argued and will have a significant negative impact on the fishing economy.
Friday, April 26th 2019 - 06:32 UTC
HMS Protector returns to Plymouth for first time in four years

The ship has spent time in Antarctica supporting scientists and surveying the channels and waterways. HMS Protector has returned to Plymouth for the first time in four years. The ship spent a lot of her time in Antarctica supporting scientists and surveying the channels and waterways around the frozen continent.
Friday, April 26th 2019 - 06:16 UTC
Meet the Falkland Islands penguins

By Chloe May - On 25 April every year, people around the world celebrate World Penguin Day - a day to raise awareness of the plight these flightless birds are currently facing. This takes place at the same time as the annual northern migration of Antarctica’s Adelie penguins and was created as a way for researchers at an American research centre on Ross Island to pass time and raise awareness.
Thursday, April 25th 2019 - 10:38 UTC
World Penguin Day: raise awareness with the hashtag #WorldPenguinDay

World Penguin Day is observed annually on April 25 recognizing the aquatic birds. In the world, there are 17 species of penguins with Southern hemisphere as their natural habitat. April 25 was chosen as World Penguin Day as it marks the date when Adelie penguins begin their migration northward toward Antartica.
Thursday, April 25th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2016 destroyed by severe weather, reports a BAS team

Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice on which they were being raised was destroyed in severe weather. The catastrophe occurred in 2016 in Antarctica's Weddell Sea. Scientists say the colony at the edge of the Brunt Ice Shelf has collapsed with adult birds showing no sign of trying to re-establish the population.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:04 UTC
Climate change protestors clear London's busiest streets: 1.065 arrested

Some of London's busiest streets re-opened Monday for the first time in a week as climate change protesters regrouped and plotted a new course after police made more than 1,000 arrests. The so-called Extinction Rebellion took over the heart of the British capital in a bid to focus global attention on rising temperatures and sea levels caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:38 UTC
“Cheeky” gorillas share a selfie with park rangers that rescued them as babies

A pair of “cheeky” gorillas in a national park at the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been photographed posing for a selfie with park rangers who helped to rescue them as babies.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:32 UTC
UK four nations with hottest Easter Monday on record, Met Office says

It has been the hottest Easter Monday on record in all four nations of the UK, the Met Office has said. England reached the highest temperature with 25C (77F) recorded at Heathrow, Northolt and Wisley.
Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:11 UTC
What is Earth Day, and what is it meant to accomplish?

On April 22, 1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative impacts of 150 years of industrial development.