Environment

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 - 02:50 UTC

  Argentina purchases 43 turbines for wind farms in Patagonia’s Rawson

  

  Denmark’s Vesta Wind Systems has received an order from Argentina for 43 V90-1.8 MW wind turbines (totalling 77 MW) to be mounted in the Rawson I wind farm and Rawson II wind farm both located in the outskirts of Rawson, Chubut province, Argentine Patagonia.

• Saturday, November 20th 2010 - 03:10 UTC

  Chile launches Antarctic season with 52 scientific research projects

  

  Chile will undertake its most ambitious scientific expedition in almost half a century of Antarctic activities with 52 projects planned for the 2010/2011 season. The activities program was announced by Javier Arata head of the Chilean Antarctic Institute Antarctic Science Program.

• Friday, November 19th 2010 - 04:50 UTC

  Museum suspends expedition to meet uncontacted tribes in the Paraguayan Chaco

  

  London's Natural History Museum has suspended a planned expedition to a remote region of Paraguay after protests that it might disturb one of the world's last uncontacted tribes.

• Thursday, November 18th 2010 - 20:53 UTC

  Alaska to Ushuaia in an electric car developed at the Imperial College London

  

  An electric sports car developed by European engineers has finished a remarkable 26.000 kilometres road trip on the Panamerican Highway, travelling from near the Arctic Circle in Alaska to the world's southernmost city, Ushuaia without a single blast of carbon dioxide emissions.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2010 - 12:05 UTC

  New species of squid discovered in the southern Indian Ocean

  

  A new species of squid has been discovered by scientists during a research cruise in the southern Indian Ocean. The 70cm-long specimen is a large member of the chiroteuthid family.

• Monday, November 15th 2010 - 18:58 UTC

  Falklands’ wind power contribution new record: 40% of Stanley’s consumption

  

  Annual wind power contribution in the Falkland Islands has set a new record with the significant milestone of 40% of renewable contribution, according to Stanley Power Station Manager Glenn Ross.

• Monday, November 15th 2010 - 18:25 UTC

  Uruguay and Argentina implement “scientific” accord for joint monitoring

  

  Uruguay and Argentina announced they had reached a final “scientific” agreement for the joint environmental monitoring of the UPM-Botnia pulp mill in shared waters and which delaying the implementation of a bilateral agreement.

• Friday, November 12th 2010 - 18:22 UTC

  Ambitious 1.000 km pipeline project to deliver water to desert dry north Chile

  

  A 3.85 billion US dollars pipeline to carry freshwater some 1,000 kilometres from central Chile to the country’s northern desert will provide a cheaper alternative for users now reliant on desalinization of ocean water, a business news Web site said this week.

• Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 19:46 UTC

  Whales’ skin suffer from exposure to the sun, much like with humans

  

  The sun's rays can “burn” whales' skin, just like they can damage human skin, according to a team of researchers. The scientists studied more than 150 whales in the Gulf of California.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 01:03 UTC

  IAATO guidelines and requirements for independent journeys to Antarctica

  

  The Antarctic tourism season is just getting underway and travellers the world over are preparing to make the journey to the bottom of the planet where they'll be treated to one of the most remote and untouched destinations on Earth.