Environment

Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 22:42 UTC
Larsen Ice Shelf continues retreating

A European satellite has reported rapid ice shelf disintegration in Antarctica’s Larsen Ice Shelf according to a news story posted yesterday on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) website, http://www.esa.int
Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 22:32 UTC
Antarctic: Dutch laboratories arrive at Rothera Station

As part of an international collaboration between British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the Netherlands Polar Programme (NPP), three new containerised laboratories arrived at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica earlier this week, according to a news story posted yesterday on the BAS website: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk.
Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 15:52 UTC
Hundreds of dead dolphins in Peruvian beaches; offshore acoustic testing leading suspect

Conservationists counted 615 dead dolphins along a 150 kilometer stretch of beaches in Peru, a wildlife group said Wednesday, and the leading suspect is acoustic testing offshore by oil companies.
Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 14:45 UTC
Green light for huge controversial hydroelectric project in Chilean Patagonia

Chile's Supreme Court Wednesday removed the last legal obstacle to building a giant 2.9 billion dollars hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian wilderness, rejecting a bid by environmentalists to block it.
Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 07:58 UTC
Oil leaks cast a shadow over the development of Brazil’s offshore huge reserves

Brazilian authorities identified a small oil leak off the shores of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, the latest in a series of spills that has raised safety concerns over the development of some of the world's largest petroleum reserves.
Saturday, March 31st 2012 - 23:40 UTC
Height of Antarctica ice sheet increasing

According to findings come from the Europe’s Space Administration ESA’s ice-measuring satellite, CryoSat, over the last two years Antarctica’s ice sheet has increased in height.
Wednesday, March 28th 2012 - 17:14 UTC
US retailers stop selling Antarctic toothfish

Three major US retailers announced that they have pledged not to stock endangered Antarctic toothfish. According to an article published by the environmental science and conservation news site, mongabay.com, Safeways, Wegmans and Harris Teeter have announced that they will not source fish coming from the Ross Sea.
Tuesday, March 27th 2012 - 03:43 UTC
Central Chile rattles close to devastating quake of February 2010; 14 injured

Fourteen people were injured and thousands evacuated in central Chile between Valparaiso and the Biobio region after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the country Sunday evening, the Chilean Interior Ministry informed on Monday.
Monday, March 26th 2012 - 14:07 UTC
Campaign for Antarctic Marine Reserve launched

The Antarctic Ocean Alliance, a coalition of 16 environmental groups, has launched a campaign calling for the full protection of 3.6 million square kilometres of the Ross Sea, as well as the creation of the 18 more reserves in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica.
Monday, March 26th 2012 - 09:18 UTC
BP given permission to drill controversial deep-water well west of Shetland

Oil giant BP has been given consent to drill a controversial deep-water well west of Shetland. The North Uist well is about 125km to the north west of the islands, at a depth of nearly 1,300m. The UK government's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said it had thoroughly examined BP's environmental impact and emergency response plans.