Environment

• Friday, September 4th 2015 - 08:26 UTC

  Falklands approves Noble and Premier plans to drill Rhea-1 and Jayne East

  

  The most recent meeting of the Falkland Islands' Executive Council (ExCo) was dominated by matters relating to oil exploration and development including recommendations for plans of Noble Energy and Premier Oil to go ahead with drilling of Rhea-1 and Jayne East wells.

• Wednesday, September 2nd 2015 - 00:00 UTC

  Obama wants to speed purchase of icebreakers for the Arctic and Russian challenge

  

  President Barack Obama on Tuesday is proposing a faster timetable for buying a new heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Arctic, where quickly melting sea ice has spurred more maritime traffic, and the United States has fallen far behind Russian resources.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2015 - 06:36 UTC

  World Dog Day celebrated with and online interactive info-graphic

  

  Around the world humankind benefits from its relationship with dogs; a truth which is at the core of World Dog Day, celebrated annually on the 26th August. In recognition and celebration of the age-old union between Man and Dog, HealthforAnimals has created an online interactive info-graphic, detailing the many valuable roles dogs perform in societies all around the world.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2015 - 06:12 UTC

  US NOAA to investigate whale stranding as an “unusual mortality event”

  

  The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has declared the recent deaths of 30 large whales in the western Gulf of Alaska an “unusual mortality event,” triggering a focused, expert investigation into the cause. An unusual mortality event is a stranding event that is unexpected, involves a significant die-off of a marine mammal population and demands immediate response.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2015 - 01:48 UTC

  Magallanes warns of minus 10 Celsius temperatures this weekend

  

  Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile must prepare for a weekend of freezing below zero temperatures announced the regional meteorological office. In the early mornings of Saturday and Sunday, the thermometer is expected to register 10 Celsius below zero, with the wind factor even lower.

• Friday, August 21st 2015 - 06:17 UTC

  California sinking as pumping groundwater continues in response to historic drought, says NASA

  

  California's Department of Water Resources released a new NASA report showing land in the San Joaquin Valley is sinking faster than ever before, nearly 5 centimeters per month in some locations, as Californians continue pumping groundwater in response to a historic drought.

• Wednesday, August 19th 2015 - 06:51 UTC

  Sargassum seaweed, 'greatest single threat to the Caribbean tourism industry'

  

  It would take at least US$120 million and more than 100,000 people to clean up the Sargassum seaweed that has created “an international crisis” and “the greatest single threat” to the Caribbean, according to Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Sir Hilary Beckles.

• Monday, August 17th 2015 - 08:07 UTC

  Ecuador declares state of emergency as volcano Cotopaxi becomes active

  

  Ecuador's President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency Saturday after increased activity the day before at the giant Cotopaxi volcano, giving the government greater leeway to mobilize financial resources in the event of an eruption.

• Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 07:05 UTC

  Rain and floods in Buenos Aires province become a political challenge

  

  Over 20.000 people are estimated to have been evacuated or suffering flooding because of continued rains in Buenos Aires province where a wind alert for the River Plate area and coastal zones is hampering draining possibilities, a situation which started last week and is expected to last until Sunday.

• Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 03:11 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Shackleton Fund delivers £10,700 in research scholarships

  

  The Shackleton Scholarship Fund, closely linked to the Falkland Islands, has announced their academic awards for 2015. Scholars come from a variety of countries, ranging from Germany to Australia, and the topics chosen are all from the natural sciences.