Environment

• Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 - 06:16 UTC

  Moon’s North Pole packed with ice revives hopes of human colonization

  

  New analysis of scientific data from a NASA instrument aboard the 2008 Indian moon mission Chandrayaan-1 has detected more than 40 ice-filled craters in the lunar North Pole, reviving hopes for colonization of the moon by humans in future.

• Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 - 06:12 UTC

  Chile appeals for calm, deploys 14.000 troops in destroyed city

  

  Chile's president appealed on Tuesday for calm in the earthquake-ravaged city of Concepcion, vowing a stern response to any renewal of looting and violence. Michelle Bachelet said 14,000 troops are now in the region, after dozens of looters were arrested.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 - 04:52 UTC

  Thousands of Chilean troops sent to prevent looting in quake-hit Concepción

  

  Chilean president Michelle Bachelet sent on Monday thousands of extra troops to the main quake disaster area in the city of Concepcion as angry and hungry residents set fire to department stores.

• Monday, March 1st 2010 - 05:39 UTC

  Chilean government admits tsunami-alert “diagnostic” system failed

  

  Chile's government conceded it made a mistake in initially playing down the risk of a tsunami from Saturday's massive earthquake. At a news conference in Santiago, Defence minister Francisco Vidal blamed the navy for what he called a “diagnostic error”.

• Monday, March 1st 2010 - 05:33 UTC

  Chile calls for aid and sends troops to prevent looting; body count reaches 710

  

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced emergency measures to deal with the destruction caused by Saturday's massive earthquake. The 8.8 magnitude quake - one of the most powerful recorded - devastated central parts of the country, killing more than 710 people and leaving an estimated 2 million people out in the streets.

• Sunday, February 28th 2010 - 04:48 UTC

  Chile: death toll reaches 300; basic services gradually recovering

  

  The death toll in the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck central Chile on Saturday has risen to at least 300 people, Interior Minister Edmundo Perez Yoma said in Santiago at 20:00 local time.

• Saturday, February 27th 2010 - 08:42 UTC

  Chile: Tsunami wave as high as 9 feet has been recorded.

  

  A POWERFUL 8.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the Pacific Ocean near the coast of central Chile, with US authorities warning it could generate a tsunami

• Saturday, February 27th 2010 - 00:42 UTC

  Iceberg size of Luxembourg knocks loose and could disrupt weather patterns

  

  An iceberg the size of Luxembourg knocked loose from the Antarctic continent earlier this month could disrupt the ocean currents driving weather patterns around the globe, researchers said on Friday.

• Thursday, February 25th 2010 - 01:06 UTC

  Sperm whales herd hunt “squid balls” at depths over 1.000 meters

  

  Sperm whales may team up and hunt collaboratively, scientists have suggested. A US research team used hi-tech tags to glimpse some of the giant marine mammals' remarkable hunting behaviour.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 07:00 UTC

  Latinamerica Economic Climate on the rise: Brazil, Uruguay, Peru lead

  

  Latinamerica’s Economic Climate Index (ECI), --developed between the German Ifo Institute from the University of Munich and Brazil’s Getulio Vargas Foundation, FGV-- increased to 5.6 points from 5.2 between October 2009 and January 2010, consolidating the trend of economic recovery in the region.