Environment

• Friday, February 23rd 2024 - 16:43 UTC

  Venezuelan authorities confirm death toll of 16 after illegal mine collapse

  

  Venezuelan authorities confirmed the death toll of 16 miners following the collapse of an illegal gold mine in the southern state of Bolivar on Tuesday. Search efforts concluded Friday with no further casualties reported.

• Friday, February 23rd 2024 - 10:04 UTC

  Blinken says other issues need to be solved before tackling climate change

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Thursday in Rio de Janeiro during a press conference at the G-20 convention of Foreign Ministers that multilateral organizations need to solve armed conflicts worldwide before moving on to other agendas such as climate change and social development.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 15:19 UTC

  Argentina: Fires in Patagonian National Parks close to being controlled

  

  Firefighters in the Argentine National Parks of Los Alerces and Nahuel Huapi were closer Monday to “controlling” and “containing” part of the catastrophe. In Los Alerces, there were still active outbreaks in addition to some 8,000 hectares of native forest burned down, it was reported.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 09:15 UTC

  Falklands Conservation outlines significance of World Whale Day 2024

  

  World Whale Day, WWD was created in 1980 by Greg Kaufman founder of the nonprofit organization, Pacific Whale Foundation, and is celebrated the third Sunday of February.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 07:18 UTC

  Positive avian flu confirmed in wandering albatross in South Georgia

  

  Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) continues to affect the wildlife on the sub-antarctic islands of South Georgia. The latest results from samples taken from the islands reveal that the disease has now been detected in the wandering albatross (as at 9 February 2024).

• Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

  FBI asked to help Chubut in National Park fire case

  

  The Argentine province of Chubut has asked the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for help in the probe into the fires in the Los Alerces National Park, Governor Ignacio Torres announced after meeting with US Ambassador Marc Stanley. “We need to find those responsible as soon as possible, and that there is an exemplary measure in the courts,” said Torres about the catastrophe that has been ongoing since Jan. 25 in which some 8,000 hectares have already been burned down.

• Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Speaker of UK House of Commons on five-day visit to St. Elena

  

  The Speaker of the House of Commons Sir c MP, arrived at St Helena to begin his five-day visit to the island. This is the first ever visit by a Speaker of the House of Commons to the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, in the south Atlantic.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Trinidad and Tobago does not rule out foreign help to deal with oil spill

  

  Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago are not ruling out seeking international help to clean up the oil stain from a mysterious capsizing ship that is heavily affecting tourism and the environment along 15 kilometers of beaches there, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

  Strong gusting winds reported in the Falkland Islands

  

  Falkland Islands residents have been made aware of the predicted strong gusting winds that are forecast for 12/13 February, and the possible damage to their residences.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  Germany size algae bloom around Falklands caught by Copernicus sentinel satellite

  

  The European Union Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission back in November 2023 documented a vast algae bloom around the Falkland Islands, highlighting the interplay with oceanic currents, points out a report from SciTechDaily.