Environment

Friday, November 30th 2012 - 06:15 UTC
Falklands’ fishing company seeking good management label from MSC

For the first time a Falkland Islands fishing company is seeking to have its good management certificated by the internationally recognised Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 18:28 UTC
Ocean acidification taking toll of Antarctica marine snails, shows BAS research

The shells of marine snails – known as pteropods – living in the seas around Antarctica are being dissolved by ocean acidification according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. These tiny animals are a valuable food source for fish and birds and play an important role in the oceanic carbon cycle.
Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 15:24 UTC
Saturday December first, Antarctica Day recalls signature of the 1959 Treaty

Antarctica Day was inaugurated in 2010 to celebrate the 1st December 1959 signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which was adopted “with the interests of science and the progress of all mankind.”
Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 13:02 UTC
Post-Sandy, why urgent preparation is needed for storms of the future

By Lord Julian Hunt and Professor Johnny Chan.(*) - The devastation wrought by super-storm Sandy (253 deaths in the Americas and over 50 billion dollars in economic damage and disruption), is prompting renewed thinking about climate change and national security.
Wednesday, November 28th 2012 - 18:55 UTC
BP suspended from new contracts with US government

British Petroleum has been temporarily suspended from new contracts with the US government, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said. While it is unclear how long the ban will last, it follows BP's record fine earlier this month over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Saturday, November 24th 2012 - 21:59 UTC
Why the Qatar Summit could bring new direction for action on climate change

By Lord Hunt & Terry Townshend - We have learnt to expect surprises at UN climate change summits. At Durban, a year ago, there was the unexpected, but welcome, agreement to begin negotiations on a new legally binding instrument involving all major emitters of greenhouse gases, to be finalised by 2015, and to take effect in 2020.
Friday, November 23rd 2012 - 09:54 UTC
Australian scientists ‘discover’ the island that never was in the mid-Pacific

A South Pacific island identified on Google Earth and world maps does not exist, according to Australian scientists who went searching for the mystery landmass during a geological expedition.
Friday, November 16th 2012 - 00:42 UTC
BP pleads guilty to Gulf of Mexico spill and will pay a record 4.5bn

BP Plc agreed on Thursday to plead guilty to a raft of charges in the deadly Gulf of Mexico spill and pay a record 4.5 billion dollars including the biggest criminal fine in United States history. Three BP employees were also charged, two of them with manslaughter.
Monday, November 12th 2012 - 19:00 UTC
HMS Protector heading for Antarctica after surveying Tristan da Cunha waters

The Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector on her route to the Falklands and Antarctica, has visited the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to conduct the first systematic survey of the British Overseas Territory since the 1970s.
Thursday, November 8th 2012 - 07:11 UTC
Heat causes massive blackout and the collapse of Buenos Aires city

A heat wave which reached 36 Celsius caused on Wednesday a massive blackout in Argentina’s capital with an estimated three million people suffering lack of power plus such emblematic sites as Government House (Casa Rosada), Congress and the posh district of Puerto Madero.