Environment

Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Lost sheep found in Australia delivered more than 35 kilograms of wool

Imagine a stray sheep yielding a fleece weighing more than 35 kilograms: it happened in Australia where Baarack was found by rescuers and was shorn for the first time in who knows how many years.
Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
Brazilian border state of Acre chastised by the spell of several plagues

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday visited the state of Acre, in the Amazon rainforest, where several cities have been submerged in floodwaters, adding yet another challenge for the beleaguered state.
Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 08:58 UTC
Major Spanish renewable energy group Abengoa files for insolvency

Spain's renewable energy group Abengoa SA filed for insolvency late on Monday, after its latest attempt to restructure its debts fell apart. The parent company of the renewable-energy producer, which is the entity that filed for insolvency, had around 1 billion Euros of liabilities in 2019.
Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 13:38 UTC
Green hydrogen hub planned in northeast Brazil

A US$ 5.4bn green hydrogen hub has been planned in Ceará, northeast Brazil, and most probably the first-of-its-kind in Latin America. Set to be located at the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex (CIPP), 60km from Fortaleza, the hub will be built by Australia’s Enegix Energy.
Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 09:32 UTC
Argentina's Antarctica Day celebrates 117 years of Orcadas Station, formally Omond House met station

Argentina on 22 February celebrates Antarctica Day, which commemorates the inauguration of the Meteorology and Magnetic Observatory on Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, in 1904, which would later become Orcadas Station, a historic milestone which marked the beginning of Argentina's uninterrupted presence in Antarctica.
Saturday, February 20th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Some 45 pilot whales stranded on an Indonesian beach: three survive

Regional officials on the northeastern Indonesian island of Madura said on Friday at least 45 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach there have died, while rescuers managed to push three back out to sea.
Thursday, February 18th 2021 - 08:38 UTC
Blizzards and freezing temperatures leave vast areas of US without power, heat or drinking water

$Nearly 3.5 million customers around the U.S. were still without electricity, from a peak close to 100 million, and some also lost water service$

AP – Millions in the United States were preparing for another night blast of snow and ice following a day in which vast areas of states, mainly Texas has to endure frigid conditions without electricity or heat. Some thirty deaths have been reported so far.
Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 08:48 UTC
Re-wilding Project: the Jaguar has returned to South America wetlands after 70 years

The largest predator in South America, the jaguar, has returned to the Iberá wetlands in Argentina 70 years after the species was driven to local extinction through hunting and habitat loss. Currently, only about 200 jaguars remain in Argentina.
Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 08:07 UTC
Jaguar will be all electric by 2025

Jaguar Land Rover's Jaguar brand will be all-electric by 2025, the carmaker announced. The company will launch electric models of its entire Jaguar and Land Rover line-up by 2030, it added.
Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:35 UTC
China doing its homework and ozone layer recovery back on track

In recent years, scientists had been alarmed by a sudden unexplained rise in ozone attacking chemicals in the atmosphere. Higher levels of trichlorofluoromethane, also known as CFC-11, were showing up in air samples — despite being officially banned worldwide since 2010.