Environment

Tuesday, September 17th 2013 - 06:54 UTC
UN describes the Montreal Protocol on ozone “a remarkable success story”

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called Monday on the international community to continue efforts that will preserve the world’s ozone layer and protect the environment. In his message for the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, Mr. Ban pointed to the Montreal Protocol as an example of how Member States are capable to work for the common good.
Tuesday, September 17th 2013 - 06:34 UTC
Italian engineers manage to set Costa Concordia upright 20 months after grounding

Engineers in Italy have succeeded in setting the cruise ship Costa Concordia upright, 20 months after it ran aground off the island of Giglio. They said that the unprecedented salvage effort ”reached degree zero (vertical), which was our target”.
Monday, September 16th 2013 - 22:05 UTC
Chile’s latest scientific vessel on a hake spawning research cruise in the extreme south

Chile latest fisheries scientific research vessel ‘Cabo de Hornos’ has completed a month long cruise in the southern coast of the country collecting information on three different type of hake spawning, something which hadn’t been done since at least 1996, according to the country’s fisheries officials.
Monday, September 16th 2013 - 22:02 UTC
Vigo starts bio-bank to store commercial fisheries marine parasite samples

The Marine Research Institute from Vigo, Spain has launched the first world bio-bank which collects, stores and will distribute samples of marine parasites and associated bio-molecules such as the anisakis, in the framework of the EU ‘Parasite’ project to assess their sanitary and commercial impact on the food chain and validation of tools to mitigate effects.
Monday, September 16th 2013 - 21:57 UTC
Spanish scientists discover new marine worm that feeds on whale bones

Spanish scientists from the University of Barcelona and the Oceanographic Institute have discovered in Antarctica a new species of worm, a marine invertebrate which feeds on whale bones. The discovery is in the framework of the Actiquim-II project and the new species was baptized “Osedax deceptionensis”.
Monday, September 16th 2013 - 01:26 UTC
Colombia/Nicaragua maritime dispute reignites, despite International Court ruling

President Juan Manuel Santos presented before Colombia’s constitutional court a demand against the Pact of Bogotá arguing that a recent ruling from the International Court of Justice on a maritime dispute with Nicaragua does not comply with the Colombian constitution.
Monday, September 9th 2013 - 01:34 UTC
World’s largest volcano has been discovered on the Pacific Ocean floor

The world's largest volcano has been discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. The volcano, 1,600 kilometres east of Japan and called the Tamu Massif, is the size of the British Isles. It covers 308,000 square kilometres, rising around 3.54 km above the bottom of the seabed and delving 29 km into the Earth's crust.
Thursday, September 5th 2013 - 03:53 UTC
Argentine politicians warn Uruguay on possible expansion of pulp mill production capacity

The bilateral conflict between Argentina and Uruguay over the UPM/Botnia pulp mill, on the Uruguayan side of the Uruguay River is once again leading to tension between the two neighbours amid reports that the plant’s Finnish owners plan to increase production from 1.1 to 1.3 million tons of cellulose paste per year.
Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 15:27 UTC
Uruguay fearing the wrath of Cristina Fernandez denies authorization to expand pulp mill capacity

The Uruguayan government fearful of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s reaction will not authorize the local UPM pulp mill to expand its production capacity from 1 million to 1.3 million tons annually, in the short term, according to company and government sources.
Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 01:02 UTC
Zoe Davies wins British Ecology Society photo competition

The British Ecology Society has named the winners of its annual photography competition.