Environment

• Wednesday, January 31st 2024 - 11:07 UTC

  Tales from the Southern Seas: A Uruguayan in the Falklands

  

  Bettina Alberti Arriaga, who was the student competition winner from Uruguay, has published an article about her visit to the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  Effects on climate change by disturbing the seabed, BAS and Norway scientists

  

  A study published this month in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science reveals that disturbing the seabed, through activities such as trawling, could increase the scale and speed of climate change.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

  UK Commons committee has an “air tour” of South Georgia island and advancing icebergs

  

  The House of Commons Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research, EAC, visiting the Falkland Islands on their way to Antarctica in December enjoyed an ”air tour'' of South Georgia island.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

  Survey in Falklands' small islands shows avian flu is continues to threaten

  

  Following on the Falkland Islands Natural Resources Department update on confirmed avian influenza (bird flu) case – Steeple Jason Island, northwest of the archipelago, it has been reported that Falklands Conservation carried out a surveillance visit in January 2024 and found dead albatross chicks in their thousands as well as low levels of rockhopper and skua mortalities. A further set of several more swabs were collected.

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

  Ice Patrol HMS Protector is helping to study the impact of tourism on Antarctica

  

  The Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Protector took scientists on an Antarctic research cruise to analyze the increasing impact of tourism and climate change on the frozen continent, a challenge which has been underlined by IAATO, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators. IAATO has pointed out that during the 2022/23 season more than 104,000 visitors traveled to Antarctica.

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

  Mapuche Resistance behind National Park fire, Chubut governor says

  

  Over 1000 hectares of land have burned down in the Los Alerces National Park in the Argentine province of Chubut, where Governor Ignacio Torres blamed the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) rebel organization for starting the fire, it was reported Sunday. “There are indications that the fire was intentional,” he stressed.

• Friday, January 26th 2024 - 15:01 UTC

  Falklands advancing in making MPA energy sustainable with Mare Harbour Wind Farm

  

  Following approval from ExCo on Tuesday 23 January, the Falkland Islands Government in joint working with British Forces South Atlantic will be able to proceed with “in principle approval” for Phase Two of the Mare Harbour Wind Farm.

• Wednesday, January 24th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

  NASA acknowledges Uruguay's striking advancements in wind energy integration

  

  In a recent article, NASA's Science Mission Directorate commends Uruguay's impressive strides in rapidly incorporating wind energy into its electricity grid, spotlighting the Peralta wind farm in Tacuarembó, in the center of the country.

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2024 - 10:47 UTC

  Falklands consultations on Pollution Prevention, Waste Management and Energy Strategy

  

  Falklands Environment Department reminder of consultations on the development of the Pollution Prevention and Waste Management Policy and the Energy Strategy. One of them this Tuesday at the Malvina Hotel and later visits to Camp settlements at Goose Green, Fox Bay and Hill Cove.

• Saturday, January 20th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  Endangered Andean cat sighted in Argentine province of Neuquén

  

  The environmental organization WCS Argentina Friday reported having sighted a rare cat near the city of Loncopué in the Argentine province of Neuquén.