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Montevideo, March 31st 2026 - 08:18 UTC

Environment

  • Wednesday, January 22nd 2025 - 09:13 UTC

    Falklands Conservation invitation on Penguin Awareness Day

    January 20th, Penguin Awareness Day, acknowledged worldwide and the environmental group Falklands Conservation, extended an invitation to celebrate the incredible penguins that call the Falkland Islands home.

  • Friday, January 17th 2025 - 09:44 UTC

    Floods hit southern Brazil's State of Santa Catarina

    In just a few hours, more than half the volume expected for the entire month of January fell, Mello pointed out

    The beach resort of Camboriú in the southern Brazilian State of Santa Catarina has been declared under emergency Thursday following heavy rains that flooded that place and others such as Florianópolis.

  • Wednesday, January 15th 2025 - 21:09 UTC

    Chile's ENAP announces diesel production from used cooking oil

    Although environmentally friendly, ENAP's diesel remains more expensive to produce than regular diesel fuel

    Chile's state-run oil company ENAP (Empresa Nacional del Petróleo) announced Wednesday that the South American country has proven able to produce renewable diesel out of used cooking oil. “A new step towards a greener Chile! ENAP presents its new renewable diesel, made from used cooking oil,” a statement read.

  • Wednesday, January 15th 2025 - 09:01 UTC

    Team of scientists on board HMS Protector studying impact of plastic waste in Antarctica

    Portsmouth University scientists Dr. Keiron Roberts and Dr. Adele Julier

    A scientist team aboard the Royal Navy icebreaker is uncovering the damage plastic waste is having on Antarctica. As part of efforts to preserve one of the world’s most unique and fragile environments, critical work has been carried out by researchers from the University of Portsmouth aboard polar research vessel HMS Protector.

  • Monday, January 13th 2025 - 08:44 UTC

    Chile: Starwatching endangered by industrial project

    The Paranal Observatory is arguably South America's main such facility given the geographical conditions surrounding it which may be spoilt by the electricity company's plan

    The clarity of Chilean skies in the Atacama Desert may be in jeopardy given a project entertained by the electricity company AES Andes which could significantly affect the operations of the Paranal Observatory.

  • Monday, January 13th 2025 - 06:06 UTC

    Climate change watchdogs concur 2024 was the hottest year ever

    “We didn't have just one or two record years, but a full ten-year series,” WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo of Argentina said

    Last year was the hottest on record and it even surpassed the global warming limit, the European Union's Copernicus Earth Observation Program and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) concurred. In addition, 2023 and 2024 saw average global temperatures exceed the internationally agreed 1.5 degrees Celsius warming threshold

  • Wednesday, January 8th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

    Last year was the hottest in Brazil since 1961

    “This trend may be associated with climate change,” Brazil's Inmet said

    Last year was the hottest for Brazil since 1961, Agencia Brasil reported citing data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock's National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet). The weather agency also found a rising trend in average annual temperatures.

  • Tuesday, December 31st 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    La Niña projected to take its toll in the Southern Cone

    La Niña is feared to cause considerable economic losses, mostly regarding agricultural outputs due to droughts but also considerable damage from excessive flooding. Photo: EFE/ Isaac Fontana

    Meteorologists foresee that the La Niña weather phenomenon will not go unnoticed in the Southern Cone next year after the Brazilian agency Metsul reported signs of unusual activity in the Pacific Ocean. The main impact will be reflected in mercurial temperatures, MetSul's warning noted.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 09:56 UTC

    Fur seal sighted in Rio de Janeiro

    The migration of this species is unusual at this time of the year

    The City Council of Niteroi, in the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro, said Civil Defense agents and biologists were monitoring a fur seal spotted on Itaipuaçu beach, in Maricá, last Sunday, Agência Brasil reported. The area was cordoned off by local authorities, it was also explained.

  • Monday, December 23rd 2024 - 22:19 UTC

    Nissan and Honda sign MOU toward merger by 2026

    ”It is necessary to make a bolder change than a collaboration in specific areas,” Mibe said

    It was more than rumors that Japanese automotive giants Nissan and Honda were eyeing a merger by 2026 which would revolutionize the industry with the appearance of what in Reuters' view would be the third-largest auto group worldwide. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding whereby discussions about integration via a joint holding company would go on during 2025, it was announced. Earlier this month, Nissan's CEO Makoto Uchida admitted that the company's situation was “severe.”