Environment

• Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 09:42 UTC

  Record high temperatures hit Greenland and Iceland, Copernicus Observatory warns

  

  Greenland experienced a melting rate 17 times faster than average last month due to record-high temperatures, while Iceland saw temperatures exceed 26°C, the European Copernicus Observatory reported this week.

• Wednesday, June 11th 2025 - 18:02 UTC

  Falkland Islands highlight environmental leadership at annual UK reception

  

  The Falkland Islands Government hosted its Annual Parliamentary Reception on 10 June at the House of Commons, spotlighting the territory’s growing role as a globally significant hub for environmental research and biodiversity.

• Wednesday, June 11th 2025 - 09:32 UTC

  Milei thanks Macron for France's support before the IMF

  

  Before flying to Israel, Argentine President Javier Milei met in Nice this week with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron during the United Nations Oceans Conference to discuss the long-stalled Mercosur-European Union trade agreement.

• Wednesday, June 11th 2025 - 08:11 UTC

  The plastic legacy has reached profusely to the bottom of the planet

  

  On 5 June, UN World Environment Day, the campaign motto was “Beat Plastic Pollution”, and with very good reasons, we are surrounded by plastic pollution and a report from BAS indicates that at the bottom of the world, where few humans have ever set foot, an unwelcome visitor has arrived. Antarctica – the vast, frozen wilderness of ice and snow – is no longer untouched by humanity’s most persistent pollutant: plastic.

• Tuesday, June 10th 2025 - 08:27 UTC

  Join the British Antarctic Survey at Seawork 2025, Southampton 10/12 June

  

  The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is exhibiting at Europe’s commercial marine and workboat exhibition, Seawork 2025,– and is inviting seafarers, cadets, and maritime professionals to come and discover what it takes to support science at the ends of the Earth.

• Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Lula condemns drop in financial assistance to developing countries amid surging military spending

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva condemned on Sunday the reduction in financial aid for environmental, economic, and social causes from wealthier countries to the poorer nations, highlighting a 7% drop in Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2024, while military spending increased by 9.4%.

• Monday, June 9th 2025 - 09:12 UTC

  UK Government wants to end bottom trawling to protect MPAs sea beds; 12 weeks consultation

  

  Bottom trawling – a fishing method that involves dragging large nets along the sea floor – could be banned across more vulnerable areas of English seas. The government is committed to protecting UK oceans and has outlined plans to ban the destructive practice in more Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The measures would help protect rare marine animals, as well as the delicate sea-beds on which they rely, from indiscriminate and potentially irreversible damage.

• Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 06:32 UTC

  IAATO mandates acoustic mitigation measures for B1 killer whales in 2025/26 season

  

  IAATO, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, is mandating members operating in whale rich waters around the Antarctica Peninsula to implement acoustic mitigations measures, reports Anne Kalosh from Seatrade Cruise News.

• Friday, June 6th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

  Brazil enacts measures marking World Environment Day

  

  The Brazilian government announced Thursday a set of environmental measures, including the sanctioning of Bill 3.469/2024, which provides financial collaboration between the Federal Government and states to prevent and combat wildfires. An investment of R$ 32 million (US$ 5.72 million) was allocated for fire prevention and control in the Amazon and Pantanal.

• Friday, June 6th 2025 - 08:59 UTC

  On World Environment Day, beat Plastic Pollution

  

  More than 400 million tons of plastic is produced every year worldwide, half of which is designed to be used only once. Of that, less than 10 per cent is recycled. An estimated eleven million tons end up in lakes, rivers and seas annually. That is approximately the weight of 2,200 Eiffel Towers all together.