Environment

Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 00:11 UTC
International coalition promotes network of Antarctica marine protected areas

A new international coalition is working to set up a network of designated marine protected areas (MPA) and no-take marine reserves in the oceans surrounding Antarctica.
Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:04 UTC
US bio-fuel production increase: fact or wishful thinking?

A recent study, released on 11 October, “Bio-fuel Markets and Technologies” released by Pike Research states that the global bio-fuel market will double within the next decade to 183.3 billion dollars from its current level of 82.7 billion, with ethanol production accounting for 78 billion of future worldwide bio-fuel production, while predicting that bio-diesel production will reach 25.5 billion.
Friday, October 28th 2011 - 16:27 UTC
Mount Hudson has Chile and Argentina on full alert, recalling 1991 eruption

The Mount Hudson volcano, located in southern Chile, maintained its activity on Friday following the eruption earlier in the week. A 1991 eruption of the Hudson send volcanic ash spewing over thousands of kilometres and as far east as the Falkland Islands.
Thursday, October 27th 2011 - 06:14 UTC
South Chile Hudson volcano erupts: fears it could repeat events of 1991

Chile said on Wednesday it was evacuating residents from around the Hudson volcano in the country far south after it spewed a jet of steam a kilometre into the air and seismic activity triggered an avalanche.
Tuesday, October 25th 2011 - 21:24 UTC
Two-day fire destroys 1.550 hectares of forest and grazing land in Tierra del Fuego

Forest fires that began on Sunday in the province of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina’s extreme south have spread across from 50 hectares of trees to 1.500 hectares of grazing land, provincial officials confirmed.
Tuesday, October 25th 2011 - 04:06 UTC
Brazil ignores OAS meeting due to dispute over hydroelectric dam

Brazil will not take part in the annual meeting of the Organization of American States in Washington on Wednesday due to a dispute over a giant hydroelectric plant, said opponents of the scheme.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 23:21 UTC
Falklands in partnership with UK is creating a network of protected areas

Conservation of penguins, rat eradication and creating a network of protected areas in the Falkland Islands are some of the projects currently under implementation by the UK Overseas Territories Environment Program, OTEP with local organizations.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 14:31 UTC
Biting ants invade by the millions Florida, Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana

It sounds like a horror movie: Biting ants invade by the millions. A camper's metal walls bulge from the pressure of ants nesting behind them. A circle of poison stops them for only a day, and then a fresh horde shows up, bringing babies. Stand in the yard, and in seconds ants cover your shoes.
Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 11:14 UTC
Germany sets aside 130bn dollars for renewable energy to replace 28% nuke power

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on 30 May that Germany, the world's fourth-largest economy and Europe's biggest, would shutter all of its 17 nuclear power plants between 2015 and 2022, an extraordinary commitment, given that they currently produce about 28% of the country's electricity.
Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 10:49 UTC
Ozone hole over Antarctica reached its ninth largest on record in September

The Antarctic ozone hole, which yawns wide every Southern Hemisphere spring, reached its annual peak on September 12, stretching 10.05 million square miles, the ninth largest on record and equivalent to three times the area of Brazil: 3.3m.