Environment

• Monday, July 24th 2017 - 06:49 UTC

  First full-scale floating wind farm begins to take shape off Scotland

  

  The world's first full-scale floating wind farm has started to take shape off the north-east coast of Scotland. The revolutionary technology will allow wind power to be harvested in waters too deep for the current conventional bottom-standing turbines used.

• Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 22:41 UTC

  UK and London lose ground as preferred destinations for Chinese millionaires

  

  The UK has slipped down the list of preferred destinations for Chinese millionaires considering moving overseas, a report suggests. While the US remains the favorite place to settle, Canada now ranks second pushing Britain into third spot.

• Monday, July 17th 2017 - 05:16 UTC

  Santiago de Chile covered in two inches snow blanket

  

  A rare snowfall in Santiago, Chile, left at least one person dead and caused widespread power outages Sunday. An early winter cold front brought cold temperatures to the southern and central parts of Chile, with Santiago reaching near-freezing temperatures and snow fell throughout the morning and early afternoon.

• Thursday, July 13th 2017 - 08:53 UTC

  Huge iceberg breaks free from the Antarctica Larsen C ice shelf

  

  An iceberg the size of Delaware has broken free from an Antarctic ice shelf, leaving the rest of the shelf vulnerable to collapse and serving as a harbinger of future sea-level rise that could pose a serious threat to coastal communities such as the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, July 10th 2017 - 15:13 UTC

  G20 admits “Trump factor”: climate policy disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation

  

  Leaders from the world's leading economies broke with U.S. President Donald Trump on climate policy at a G20 summit on Saturday, in a rare public admission of disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 07:44 UTC

  Trump and Putin hold “robust” two-and-a-quarter hours discussions and shake hands

  

  Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed on Friday the alleged Russian hacking of last year's US presidential election during their first meeting. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson described the exchanges as “robust”, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Mr Trump had accepted Putin's assertions that his country was not responsible.

• Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 04:07 UTC

  Antarctica Larsen C ice shelf about to spawn huge berg. In pieces it could reach as far as Falklands

  

  Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf deep crack continues to cut across the ice, leaving a huge chunk clinging on. When it eventually gives way, one of the largest icebergs on record will be set adrift, and whole or in pieces, ocean currents could drag it north, even as far as the Falkland Islands. And if so it could pose a hazard for ships in Drake Passage.

• Tuesday, June 20th 2017 - 21:24 UTC

  The Falklands: 35 Years of Progress opens today at the A&D Gallery

  

  “The Falklands: 35 Years of Progress” is the second photographic exhibition held by the Falkland Islands Government, and is an exhibition with a difference. The photographs were crowd-sourced by the Falkland Islands Government, which ran a competition to find the very best pictures from the Islands’ many skilled photographers.

• Tuesday, June 6th 2017 - 08:05 UTC

  UN opens conference on the health of the world's oceans and seas

  

  Opening a “game-changing” international conference on the health of the world’s oceans and seas, top United Nations officials urged on Monday coordinated global action to protect the planet. Speaking in the UN General Assembly Hall, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cautioned Governments that unless they overcome short-term territorial and resource interests, the state of the oceans will continue to deteriorate.

• Tuesday, June 6th 2017 - 07:12 UTC

  “Cherish the planet that protect us” urges UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

  

  On World Environment Day, which is observed on 5 June every year, United Nations General Secretary Antonio Guterres urged everyone to ''cherish the planet that protect us''. In a video message, “Connecting people to Nature”, uploaded on YouTube, Guterres said, “Without a healthy environment we can't end poverty or build prosperity. We all have a role to play in protecting our only home.”