Environment

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 08:38 UTC

  Dead sperm whale in Indonesia had kilos of plastic waste in its stomach

  

  A sperm whale found dead in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg of plastic waste, including 115 cups, in its stomach, park officials said on Tuesday. The 9.5m whale was found in waters near Kapota Island, part of the Wakatobi National Park, southeast of Sulawesi, the park said in a statement.

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  California inferno: 80 dead, 1,200 missing, 13.000 home turned into dust

  

  The number of people who remain missing in the wake of a pair of ferocious wildfires that have been blazing across both ends of California for more than a week spiked to more than 1,200 late Saturday.

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  Argentina/UK/Falklands' South Atlantic fisheries joint scientific cruises closer

  

  London hosted the biannual meeting of the South Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Sub Committee which took place November 14/15 with the participation of officials and scientists from Argentina and the UK, and from the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 12:11 UTC

  Number of missing in California wildfires rockets past 600

  

  The number of people listed as missing in one of California's deadliest wildfire has skyrocketed past 600, authorities said on Thursday as the remains of seven additional victims were found by rescuers.

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 08:19 UTC

  Climate change: UK report suggests drastic reduction of sheep and cattle numbers

  

  The number of sheep and cattle in the UK should be reduced by between a fifth and a half to help combat climate change, a report says. The shift is needed, the government’s advisory Committee on Climate Change (CCC) maintains, because beef and lamb produce most greenhouse gases.

• Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  California fire fighters manage containment lines; official death toll is 48 and dozens remain missing

  

  Crews battling a deadly wildfire in northern California have managed to hold their containment lines, the state fire service says. They have contained 30% of the fire, stretching over 125,000 acres (50,500 ha), but do not expect to contain it fully until the end of the month.

• Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 08:09 UTC

  First global multi-agency operation against marine pollution crimes

  

  An international law enforcement operation against maritime pollution has revealed hundreds of violations and exposed serious cases of contamination worldwide. Codenamed 30 Days at Sea, the month-long (1 to 31 October) operation saw some 276 law enforcement and environmental agencies across 58 countries detect over 500 offences, including illegal discharges of oil and garbage from vessels, ship-breaking, breaches of ship emissions regulations, and pollution on rivers and land-based runoff to the sea.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 07:24 UTC

  Mudslide in Rio do Janeiro killed at least ten people: rescue teams search for missing neighbors

  

  At least ten people were killed on Saturday when a hillside collapsed in a poor neighborhood near Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The mudslide buried six homes in the municipality of Niteroi following days of heavy rains in the area. Among those killed were a 3-year-old child and a 10-month-old baby.

• Saturday, November 10th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  New Caledonia committed to protect 400.000sq km of the Coral Sea Natural Park

  

  President Philippe Germain of New Caledonia committed to protecting 200,000 to 400,000 square kilometers of marine waters within the Coral Sea Natural Park, which the government established in 2014.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  Ozone layer recovering, says the latest UN report: new threat from East Asia

  

  The earth's protective ozone layer is finally healing from damage caused by aerosol sprays and coolants, a new United Nations report said. The ozone layer had been thinning since the late 1970s. Scientist raised the alarm and ozone-depleting chemicals were phased out worldwide.