Environment

• Tuesday, September 16th 2014 - 05:43 UTC

  Giant observation tower in the Amazon to monitor climate change

  

  Construction has begun on a giant observation tower in the heart of the Amazon basin to monitor climate change. The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory is expected to rise 325m from the ground.

• Friday, September 12th 2014 - 03:48 UTC

  Islands habitats threatened by invasive pests: the South Georgia experience

  

  Scientists have developed a way to identify island habitats that face the greatest threat from invasive pests, such as rats and feral cats. Working on experience collected in a brown rat extermination program in South Georgia, a team of research developed a priority list of islands that they hoped would help governments and conservationists to allocate resources.

• Friday, September 12th 2014 - 01:28 UTC

  IAATO Environmental Manager resigns to focus on PhD

  

  Claudia Holgate, Environmental Manager for the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO), has decided to step down from the position, which has grown to become full time.

• Thursday, September 11th 2014 - 03:12 UTC

  Falklands explore potential for small-scale commercial fishery with 20 focal species

  

  By Dr. Deborah Davidson - The South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) has been established since March 2012, and already has an expanding team of 12 employees based in Stanley (one of whom is a PhD student), five international PhD students, and three employees based in Ascension Island and one working in Saint Helena - all on various projects.

• Wednesday, September 10th 2014 - 07:35 UTC

  Caribbean nations beaches disappearing because o rising sea level and recurring storms

  

  The World Bank says due to rising sea levels and recurring storms, the beaches in most Caribbean nations have started to disappear. In a new report, the Washington-based financial institution said, in some areas of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, for instance, an estimated 18-30 meters of beach have been lost over the last nine years.

• Wednesday, September 10th 2014 - 06:28 UTC

  Greenhouse gases in atmosphere reached a record high in 2013 says WMO

  

  The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2013 driven by a surge in the level of carbon dioxide, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday, urging international action to combat climate change.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2014 - 04:11 UTC

  Antarctica sea levels rising faster because of fresh water from melting glaciers, say researchers

  

  Sea levels around Antarctica are rising faster than anywhere else in the southern ocean. The global average rise in ocean heights in the last 19 years has been 6cms, but the rise in seas around Antarctica is 2cms higher.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 19:53 UTC

  New Zealand increases hoki TAAC following successful stock conservation management

  

  The Deepwater Group says the increase in the total allowable commercial catch (TACC) for hoki shows the benefits of a long term commitment to build biomass in this major New Zealand fishery. An increase in the hoki catch, from 150,000 to 160,000 tons, was announced on at the Seafood Industry Conference in Wellington by the Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy.

• Saturday, August 30th 2014 - 11:49 UTC

  Marina pledges to restore Brazil credibility and limit spending below growth rate

  

  Opposition presidential candidate Marina Silva said that Brazil's recession is very worrying and her government would work to restore the credibility of the country's economic policies to recover investment and growth if elected. The Brazilian economy fell into recession in the first half of the year, a heavy blow for President Dilma Rousseff's already diminishing hopes of winning re-election in October.

• Friday, August 29th 2014 - 06:49 UTC

  New technology could end the debate over pipeline safety

  

  Who could have ever imagined that North America would surpass Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas liquids? A decade ago, that would have seemed laughable. Yet that’s exactly what has happened; and it’s not just Saudi Arabia that has been left in North America’s dust -- Russia has, too.