Environment

• Wednesday, August 5th 2015 - 08:13 UTC

  Galapagos penguin numbers recovering with shifts in trade winds and ocean currents

  

  Shifts in trade winds and ocean currents powered a resurgence of endangered Galapagos Penguins over the past 30 years, according to a new study led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). These changes enlarged a cold pool of water the penguins rely on for food and breeding-an expansion that could continue as the climate changes over the coming decades, according to the study.

• Wednesday, August 5th 2015 - 06:52 UTC

  Lost humpback whale which ended in Buenos Aires lured back to sea

  

  A lost whale which made a surprise visit to a marina in the Buenos Aires port area, periodically surfacing among the yachts while hundreds of onlookers tried to capture the moment with smartphones, finally on Tuesday was lured back to the open sea in a combined operation.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2015 - 13:16 UTC

  Humpback whale surfaces in Buenos Aires alongside luxury yachts

  

  A whale appeared in the marina of one of Buenos Aires' most exclusive up market neighborhoods on Monday, periodically surfacing alongside luxury yachts while hundreds of onlookers tried to capture the moment with smart phones.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2015 - 09:48 UTC

  Obama unveils his climate change initiative: “no greater challenge to the future of the planet”

  

  US President Barack Obama has unveiled what he called “the biggest, most important step we have ever taken” in tackling climate change. The aim of the revised Clean Power Plan is to cut greenhouse gas emissions from US power stations by nearly a third within 15 years.

• Thursday, July 30th 2015 - 15:55 UTC

  Warren Buffett And Elon Musk To Spark A Lithium Boom

  

  The age of electrification across the transportation sector, the solar panel revolution, and Tesla's battery giga-factory are igniting a battle for the cheapest battery. That will transform lithium into a boom-time mineral and the hottest commodity on the energy investor's radar. It has been easy to take lithium for granted.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2015 - 07:00 UTC

  Australia debates effects of warming ocean waters on its fisheries

  

  New evidence is emerging that climate change could join overfishing as a major threat to the world's seafood supplies. While Australia – a small producer on a global scale, accounting for only 0.2% of the world's seafood – has relatively healthy fisheries, it is suddenly and quite brutally feeling the effects of warming ocean waters.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2015 - 05:18 UTC

  UK Territories’ Environment Ministers chart a course for a sustainable future

  

  Environment Ministers from the UK Overseas Territories (OTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) gathered together for the first time ever in Gibraltar’s Garrison Library last week to consider the environmental challenges facing the Territories.

• Thursday, July 16th 2015 - 08:15 UTC

  Aphids beat latest 'odor' efforts to repel them and protect GM crops

  

  In what is described as a major blow to genetic modification of crops, a variety of wheat developed in the UK to repel pests has failed in field trials. The variety engineered to produce an odor that repels aphids, failed in the field test after it was successfully tested in the lab, proving a wide gap between lab and commercial application of the process.

• Saturday, July 11th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

  Keeping Falklands pristine: waste fuels and oil recycled into energy

  

  The Falkland Islands have been for many years utilizing waste fuels and oil for energy from a variety of different sources and now the oil companies operating in the Falklands, having complied with all the safety regulations on storage and handling, are also contributing to the local 'processing' industry managed by Tim Miller and his greenhouse fresh vegetables enterprise.

• Wednesday, July 1st 2015 - 05:52 UTC

  Obama and Rousseff agree their nations are 'natural partners' and working on an 'upward trajectory'

  

  President Barack Obama and visiting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff sought Tuesday to cast their nations as “natural partners” collaborating closely on critical issues like climate and regional diplomacy, glossing over recent tensions over spying that have strained relations between the first and seventh world economies.