Environment

• Tuesday, October 29th 2013 - 00:10 UTC

  Ozone hole slightly smaller than average this year, according to NASA

  

  The ozone hole that forms each year in the stratosphere over Antarctica was slightly smaller in 2013 than average in recent decades, according to NASA satellite data. The ozone hole is a seasonal phenomenon that starts to form during the Antarctic spring (August and September). The September-October 2013 average size of the hole was 8.1 million square miles (21 million square kilometers).

• Saturday, October 26th 2013 - 00:39 UTC

  Cartes pledges motivation and support for those who help create wealth and jobs

  

  President Horacio Cartes said on Friday he wanted “a reliable and serious Paraguay, full of self esteem” taking advantage of the good economic times and pledged motivation and support for all those who help generate wealth and jobs for the country. However he also admitted that Paraguay has serious failings, “but problems are challenges and opportunities”.

• Friday, October 25th 2013 - 02:21 UTC

  European Parliament gets tough on fishing industry and conservation

  

  The European Parliament voted Wednesday to reject most new subsidies for the saltwater fishing industry and provide financial support for new ecologically friendly measures meant to prevent overfishing. But in a nod to commercial fishing fleets, the lawmakers did maintain some handouts to the industry.

• Thursday, October 24th 2013 - 07:25 UTC

  Former Ecuadorean judge admits taking bribes in pollution case against Chevron

  

  A former Ecuadorean judge who presided over a pollution case against Chevron Corp. (CVX) testified that he and a colleague who issued a 19 billion judgment against the company in the environmental lawsuit were bribed.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2013 - 16:22 UTC

  Monsanto and its glyphosate weed-killer embroiled in controversy in Argentina

  

  Monsanto Co. is calling for more controls on agrochemicals, including its Roundup line of glyphosate-based weed-killers, in response to an Associated Press report about concerns that illegal pesticide applications are harming human health in Argentina.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2013 - 00:09 UTC

  British embassy in Montevideo to host Chevening-ANII scholarships Twitter Q&A

  

  The British Embassy in Montevideo will host a Twitter Q&A session where experts will be able to answer any questions applicants may have about the Chevening-ANII scholarships, using the hashtag #CheveningANII

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2013 - 14:28 UTC

  Falklands representatives talk fishery stock assessment in Rhode Island

  

  The Falkland Islands fisheries sector was invited to Rhode Island, USA earlier this month in order to present the Islands’ success story of data-sharing between the industry and the local fisheries department.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2013 - 05:31 UTC

  Ozone layer hole reaches Argentine and Chilean Patagonia

  

  The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica stretched for the third time this year to reach cities in the south of Argentina and Chile according to the Izaña Atmospheric research centre in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

• Monday, October 21st 2013 - 19:42 UTC

  Fears that proposal for MPA in the Ross Sea will again succumb at CCAMLR

  

  The world's biggest marine reserve in Antarctica may have to be given an expiry date to get countries with interests in the prized waters to agree to it. Delegations from 25 nations are resuming in Tasmania a New Zealand-US proposal for a marine protected area (MPA) in the fish-rich Ross Sea, 3500km south of New Zealand.

• Monday, October 21st 2013 - 19:33 UTC

  Antarctic scientists address toothfish and icefish stocks and catch limits in Australia

  

  With the attendance of delegations from the twenty five members from the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), the annual gathering of international Antarctic scientists and policy makers took off on Monday in Australia.