Environment

• Tuesday, July 29th 2014 - 21:31 UTC

  Falkland Islands nominated finalists in the Travel Agents Choice Award

  

  The Falkland Islands have been nominated and are finalists in the Travel Agents Choice Awards sponsored by “Selling Travel Magazine” in the UK. (Previously known as Selling Long Haul Magazine), announced the Falkland Islands Tourism Board. The Falkland Islands have been nominated for “Best Destination for Wildlife and Nature”.

• Friday, July 25th 2014 - 19:30 UTC

  Falklands Tourist Board planning strong presence at UK Bird Fair and World Market Travel

  

  Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB) has been busy over the past weeks planning for upcoming events in the UK. The first event is in just three weeks when FITB will again be attending Bird Fair at Rutland Wildlife Reserve in Oakham, UK.

• Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 - 08:10 UTC

  “Busy and diverse tourism season” South Georgia tells IAATO meeting

  

  In the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands’ annual address to the tourism industry at the IAATO (International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators) meeting in Providence, Richard McKee, GSGSSI Executive Officer summarized the 2013-14 season as “incredibly busy and diverse” given the 55 cruise ship calls.

• Friday, July 18th 2014 - 07:52 UTC

  IAATO commends Norwegian court for convicting violator of Antarctic Treaty

  

  The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has commended the Nord-Troms District Court for convicting Jarle Andhøy of violating the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.

• Wednesday, July 16th 2014 - 09:19 UTC

  Amazing new invention from UK business ready to save the Southern Ocean’s Albatross

  

  Globally, an albatross dies on a fishing hook every 5 seconds. Since working with Falklands Conservation from 1996-2005, biologist Becky Ingham has wanted to help prevent the decline of these iconic birds. The Hookpod is a clever new invention that catches fish, not birds and here Becky tells us how ot works.

• Tuesday, July 1st 2014 - 08:22 UTC

  Floating plastic junk widely spread on world oceans but doubts about how much

  

  Plastic junk is floating widely on the world’s oceans, but there’s less of it than expected, a study says. Such ocean pollution has drawn attention in recent years because of its potential harm to fish and other wildlife.

• Monday, June 30th 2014 - 19:31 UTC

  Growing concern over climate change impact on penguins

  

  Global warming will cut Antarctica's 600,000-strong emperor penguin population by at least a fifth by 2100 as the sea ice on which the birds breed becomes less secure, a study said on Sunday.

• Sunday, June 15th 2014 - 12:20 UTC

  How Much Energy Will the 2014 World Cup Consume?

  

  Along with 3 billion other viewers around the world, I plan to tune in for the month-long World Cup to see whether the 22-year old Neymar can withstand the colossal pressure that has been put upon his shoulders to deliver a win for team Brazil.

• Thursday, June 12th 2014 - 07:32 UTC

  Researchers find major West Antarctic glacier melting from geothermal sources

  

  Thwaites Glacier, the large, rapidly changing outlet of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, is not only being eroded by the ocean, it's being melted from below by geothermal heat, researchers at the Institute for Geophysics at The University of Texas at Austin (UTIG) report in the current edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

• Wednesday, June 11th 2014 - 07:03 UTC

  Flooding in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, with record rainfall and rivers' swelling

  

  Floods have killed nine people and driven tens of thousands of people from their homes while swelling rivers to record levels in southern Brazil and neighboring Paraguay and Argentina, authorities said Tuesday.