Environment

• Monday, June 24th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Blistering heat wave in Europe with temperatures reaching 40 Celsius

  

  Temperatures were climbing on Sunday as Europe braced for a blistering heat-wave with the mercury set to hit 40 degrees Celsius as summer kicks in on the back of a wave of hot air from North Africa. Europeans are set to bake in what forecasters are warning will likely be record-breaking temperatures for June with the mercury set to peak mid-week.

• Monday, June 24th 2019 - 08:38 UTC

  How do you like your whale: cutlets, sliced raw, deep fried, bacon or burgers?

  

  Whale cutlets, sliced raw whale, deep-fried whale nuggets, whale bacon and whale jerky feature on the menu at the restaurant Yoko Ichihara runs: and that's just a small sample of the ways Japan eats whale.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro returns indigenous land claims to the Ministry of Agriculture

  

  Right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro issued a new decree putting decisions on indigenous land claims in the hands of the Ministry of Agriculture, four weeks after Congress rebuffed him on the move that is sought by Brazil’s farm lobby.

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Torrential rains in Uruguay forces 7.400 to abandon their homes

  

  Torrential rains in central and southern Uruguay in the past several days have caused massive floods and forced some 7,400 people to leave their homes, according to the latest update by the country's National Emergency System.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Agreement to implement an ambitious Plata basin that benefits six countries

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee of the countries of the Plata Basin (CIC) signed an agreement on Monday for the project “Preparing the ground for the Implementation of the Strategic Action Program for the La Plata Basin,” during a ceremony at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC.

• Friday, June 14th 2019 - 10:11 UTC

  No tsunami warning, as powerful magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes near Coquimbo, Chile

  

  According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit off the coast of Chile, near the coastal city of Coquimbo today.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Wheat and barley production forecasted to increase; rains in US threaten maize crop

  

  FAO's latest forecast for world cereal production in 2019 - available in the Cereal Supply and Demand Brief- points to an increase of 1.2 percent from the previous year to reach 2 685 million tons, a sharp downward revision from the forecast made in May when global cereal production was predicted to expand by 2.7 percent.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Driver's mistake overturns truck and helps escape some 133 million bees

  

  A driver error led to a truck overturning and its cargo of an estimated 133 million bees escaping in the US state of Montana, local media reported.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  South Georgia Stamp Release: 3D Grytviken

  

  A new stamp issue, which gives audiences a new perspective on Grytviken, was released in May, reports the latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter. A hundred years ago, commercial whaling came to South Georgia. Carl Larsen pioneered shore-based facilities to process their catch.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 08:42 UTC

  Seals mortality in Bering Sea beaches baffles scientists; above normal water temperatures

  

  At least 60 dead seals have been discovered along beaches of the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea in northwestern Alaska, and scientists are trying to determine what caused their deaths, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Wednesday.