Environment

• 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.

• Wednesday, June 11th 2014 - 01:16 UTC

  Chilean government rejects major mega-energy project in Patagonia

  

  A panel of Chilean Cabinet ministers voted unanimously on Tuesday to reject the 3.2 billion dollars HidroAysen mega-project, which envisioned the construction of five power-generating dams in the environmentally sensitive Patagonia region.

• Tuesday, June 10th 2014 - 13:17 UTC

  Obama's climate plan is leaking methane

  

  The United States Environmental Protection Agency's new regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions by 30% will no doubt lead to a cleaner economy. But the road there will be paved with methane. By requiring reductions in the energy intensity per megawatt-hour of electricity generation, utilities will have the ability to choose from an array of options for how to meet the targets.

• Monday, June 9th 2014 - 23:22 UTC

  Iguazu falls Devil's Gorge closed to the public because of rising waters

  

  The Iguazu National Park in Argentina has taken precaution measures and closed access to the Devil's Gorge of the world famous Iguazú falls because of an imminent rise in water levels after the Itaipu and Yacireta dams announced they will be forced to increase the outflow.

• Friday, June 6th 2014 - 08:45 UTC

  “Raise your voice, not the sea level”, says UN chief on World Environment Day

  

  Barbados, a small Caribbean island at the cutting edge of the fight against climate change, will be hosting this year's World Environment Day, leading United Nations-wide efforts to draw attention to the plight of the world's small islands potentially in peril of being lost to sea-level rise.

• Friday, June 6th 2014 - 02:38 UTC

  Science and tourism combine in support of Wandering Albatross

  

  In a superb development for science and tourism in South Georgia, Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris is offering the opportunity for 7 people to join a scientific trip on the Hans Hansson surveying South Georgia’s wandering albatross.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2014 - 20:53 UTC

  IAATO celebrates 25th meeting with growing membership and review of ports services

  

  The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) met in Providence, Rhode Island from 27-29 May for their 25th gathering of members and as at previous meetings, the goal was to review the past year and discuss current and future issues for the Antarctic tourism industry in line with the association’s mission to advocate, promote and practice safe and environmentally responsible tourism.