Environment

• Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

  Brazil tops list of deforestation-hit countries, study shows

  

  According to a survey released Tuesday by Global Forest Watch (GFW), a forest monitoring platform developed by the University of Maryland, Brazil has lost 1.8 million hectares of primary rainforests, mostly in the Amazon, a 15% increase between 2021 and 2022, thus topping the list of nations in such a situation, followed by the Republic of Congo, Bolivia, Indonesia, and Peru.

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  Chile-bound lorries stranded in the middle of the Andes due to bad weather

  

  Some 2,000 lorries bound for Chile have been reported to be stranded in the middle of the Andes due to the closure of the Los Libertadores Path despite the road on the Argentine side being clear all the way to the Cristo Redentor tunnel.

• Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Penguin Propulsion: The Physics Behind the World’s Fastest Swimming Birds

  

  A piece from the American Institute of Physics points out that Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming birds in the world, and that ability comes from their unique and sophisticated wings.

• Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 10:14 UTC

  Falklands survey to continue with Hydatid control/eradication in the Islands

  

  The tapeworm E.granulosus primarily completes its lifecycle between dogs and sheep, with the intermediate stage in sheep causing hydatid cysts. Humans exposed to tapeworm eggs in dog faeces can also develop hydatid cysts in their liver or lungs and this can make people extremely unwell, and can be fatal if untreated.

• Thursday, June 22nd 2023 - 16:08 UTC

  3,000 cattle die of hypothermia in Brazil, claim Matto Grosso do sul Veterinarians

  

  Some 3,000 head of cattle died from hypothermia in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul farming state in recent days, according to a statement posted on the website of local veterinary services on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, June 21st 2023 - 10:51 UTC

  Rio Grande do Sul death toll updated to 16 due to extratropical cyclone

  

  Civil Defense from the State of Rio Grande do Sul Tuesday updated the number of casualties from last week's extratropical cyclone to 16 as more bodies were found. The State government has set up a team to search for the missing and to help those left homeless.

• Wednesday, June 21st 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  Iceland suspends whale hunting until August 32; public opinion supports decision

  

  The Iceland government suspended whale hunting for the rest of the summer on Tuesday, following a report that found the practice contravenes the country's animal welfare standards.

• Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  Lacalle Pou decrees water emergency in Montevideo metropolitan area

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday announced new measures to face the water crisis after a cabinet meeting, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

  U.N. adopts historic agreement on Marine Biodiversity; 'new hope for the oceans,' Guterres

  

  The United Nations on Monday adopted a historic agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction which cover over two-thirds of the ocean.

• Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  BAS new ten-year strategy, Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

  

  The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), is launching on Monday 19 June, its new ten-year science strategy that addresses urgent scientific challenges facing our world, namely in the continents of the Arctic and Antarctic and the impact that the Polar Regions have across our planet.