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Montevideo, April 21st 2026 - 23:11 UTC

Environment

  • Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 09:37 UTC

    Uruguay: Ancap oil pipeline leak hits key road

    The pipeline between Punta del Este and Ancap's refinery was not pumping oil at the time of the incident

    Uruguay's State-run oil company Ancap reported Tuesday a leak in an oil pipeline around the Biarritz (kilometer 71) on Costa de Oro in the department (province) of Canelones. The spill reached the highway causing delays in vehicle circulation for a while as stains of oil and sand were removed.

  • Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 07:44 UTC

    Denmark releases anti-whaling activist Paul Watson; pledges to continue battling Japan’s illegal operations

    Paul Watson was detained in Nuuk, Greenland last July but the Danish Justice Department rejected the Tokyo extradition request.

    The Canadian-American anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was released from a Greenland jail after a five-month detention, where he was detained on an international arrest warrant by Interpol on request from the Japanese government.

  • Tuesday, December 17th 2024 - 10:07 UTC

    World's largest iceberg headed for South Georgia Island

    A larger ice formation broke off in 1986 from the Antarctic Filchner Ice Shelf when it cracked into three smaller pieces, A23a being one of them

    According to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the 3,600 square kilometer iceberg known as A23a broke off from Antarctica and was reportedly going adrift in the South Atlantic, probably towards South Georgia Island. It is arguably the world's largest and oldest iceberg, with ice sheets 400 meters thick, and weighing almost one billion tons.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 09:33 UTC

    Presidents of Colombia and Ecuador meet in Galapagos

    Petro highlighted that both countries had common strengths

    Presidents Daniel Noboa of Ecuador and Gustavo Petro of Colombia met Sunday at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos Islands to discuss environmental protection initiatives, border cooperation, and other matters of mutual interest, such as drug trafficking and energy integration.

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:06 UTC

    Improved weather and soil moisture could mean an extraordinary crop year for Argentina

    “Cool weather and significant rainfall in November have proven pivotal, especially in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina’s largest wheat-producing region,” BCR said

    The Rosario Board of Trade (BCR) announced that the Argentine 2024/25 wheat crop is estimated to reach 19.3 million tons, up from the previous 18.8 million tons, and this is attributed to higher-than-expected yields, bolstered by favorable weather conditions in November, as highlighted in its monthly grain report released this week.

  • Thursday, December 12th 2024 - 22:29 UTC

    Argentina now reportedly redlights RRS James Cook mission

    The Foreign Ministry's reported decision had negative repercussions within the Libertarian government of President Javier Milei

    Argentina's Foreign Ministry has been reported to have backtracked on the clearance previously given to the RRS James Cook to perform a scientific mission in the Argentine Sea. According to Buenos Aires' Clarín, Deputy Foreign Minister Eduardo Bustamante gave the order.

  • Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 14:26 UTC

    Exploring Falkland Islands' Ecosystems: Insights from the FI-BRIL Project

    Volunteers planting tussac along eroded coastlines in the Falklands (Pic Falklands Conservation)

    By Emeritus Professor Roger Flower, UCL - ”The Falkland Islands are a rather remote, treeless archipelago in the western South Atlantic. They are now probably best known for their important biodiversity, sheep farming and productive marine fisheries.  

  • Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 09:17 UTC

    State of water shortage declared in five major rivers in Brazil

    Months after the Rio Grande de Sul floods, large parts of Brazil are facing water scarcity

    Brazilian authorities Monday decreed a “state of water shortage” in the basins of five major rivers nationwide. The critical situation affects some 2,264 million km², it was explained. It was the first time in over 100 gauging these water levels that such an extreme measure has been adopted.

  • Monday, December 9th 2024 - 10:36 UTC

    Water levels at Yacyretá grow after heavy rains

    Bad weather is expected until Tuesday

    Paraguayan authorities reported an increase in the water levels at the Yacyretá hydroelectric dam this weekend following heavy rains in recent days. Yacyretá's Hydrology Department issued a warning indicating that inflows had increased as a result of the rainfall recorded in the contributing basin and in Brazilian territory.

  • Saturday, December 7th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

    Fifth global conference fails to reach deal on curbing plastic pollution

    Fifth global conference fails to reach deal on curbing plastic pollution

    The fifth and intended final meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea, concluded with negotiators unable to reach a deal on a new global treaty to curb plastic pollution. The failure of this fifth session of the INC, or INC-5, to deliver on its mandate highlights the persistent challenges of reaching a consensus to solve the growing issue of global plastics pollution.