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Montevideo, August 26th 2026 - 05:44 UTC

Environment

  • Thursday, June 25th 2026 - 06:41 UTC

    Offers of aid pour in for Venezuela from across the Americas and beyond after its earthquake

    Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed his “concern and dismay” and instructed his Foreign Ministry and the embassy in Caracas to assess assistance measures

    Governments from across the Americas and other regions of the world expressed solidarity with Venezuela and offered assistance after the twin earthquake of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that struck the north-central part of the country on Wednesday and that, according to the first official toll, left at least 32 dead and more than 700 injured. Several countries announced the dispatch of rescue teams, while acting President Delcy Rodríguez thanked them for the shows of support.

  • Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 20:35 UTC

    Australia reports bird flu has killed 13.000 elephant seal pups in Heard and McDonald islands

    Australian Antarctic Program says mortality in some elephant seal “harems” as high as 97%.

    The pathogenic strain of bird flu, H5N1 has killed more than 13,000 elephant seal pups after infecting a breeding colony on a sub-Antarctic volcanic island, Australian scientists from the Antarctic Program discovered.

  • Sunday, June 14th 2026 - 20:30 UTC

    Uruguay to add AI to environmental controls and seeks a new environmental-crimes law

    In Minister Ortuño's view, the increase in administrative sanctions set by the recent fines decree “must be complemented by the incorporation into the Penal Code of a chapter on environmental crimes”

    Uruguay's Environment Minister, Edgardo Ortuño, said the ministry will incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into environmental controls and push for a new environmental-crimes law, among the priorities he outlined ahead of the budget review (Rendición de Cuentas) that the Executive will present to Parliament on June 30.

  • Thursday, June 11th 2026 - 22:34 UTC

    Colombia's government confirms El Niño will be among the most intense since 1950

    In Colombia, El Niño tends to be associated with a decline in rainfall, which raises the risk of drought and energy rationing in a country that relies heavily on hydroelectric generation

    Colombia's Environment Ministry confirmed on Thursday that the El Niño phenomenon arrived about three months earlier than expected and that, if projections hold, it will be one of the “most intense recorded since 1950,” according to data from the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam). The agency said the conditions associated with the phenomenon —which warms ocean waters above normal— are already present in the equatorial Pacific.

  • Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 19:55 UTC

    Falklands celebrated Environment and Oceans awareness last Sunday

    The Falkland Islands Environment Department, together with Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Maritime Authority joined SAERI and other related organizations in celebrating World Environment Day and World Ocean Day during the last weekend.

  • Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 14:20 UTC

    IAATO's new Geofenced Whale Area around South Orkney Islands

    Happywhale's Ted Cheeseman called the South Orkney Islands an 'oceanic Serengeti for whales (Pic Gennaa Rowland)

    On World Oceans Day the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, IAATO reaffirmed its commitment to protecting the Southern Ocean by announcing the establishment of a new voluntary “Geofenced Whale Area” around the South Orkney Islands beginning in the 2026/27 Antarctic season.

  • Wednesday, June 3rd 2026 - 08:30 UTC

    BAS confirmed as world’s leading center for Antarctic and Southern Ocean research

    Professor Dame Jane Francis (Director of BAS) and Oliver Darke (Director of Operations, Engineering and Infrastructure) representing the UK at ATCM in Japan

    A major new analysis has confirmed the UK’s British Antarctic Survey (BAS) as the world’s leading center for Antarctic and Southern Ocean research. This was revealed during the Antarctic treaty Consultive Meeting, ATCM, recent May meeting in Japan that convened Antarctic Leaders and government official from across the world.

  • Thursday, May 28th 2026 - 07:57 UTC

    Falklands has a new officer qualified in Environmental Management QLS Level 5

    Clare proudly showing her diplomas

    Falkland Islands Development Corporation, FIDC, Business Development Officer, Clare Guest has been congratulated for having recently completed an Advanced Diploma in Environmental Management QLS Level 5 through Bristol Opus Leadership College.

  • Wednesday, May 27th 2026 - 18:36 UTC

    Western Europe breaks heat records in mid-spring with deaths in United Kingdom and France

    The episode is part of a trend of extreme events that the scientific community links directly to human-driven climate change

    Several Western European countries this week broke historic temperature records for the boreal spring, in a heat wave described as “unprecedented” by national weather services in the United Kingdom and France, which has caused at least ten deaths and stretched the continent's health services. The episode is part of a trend of extreme events that the scientific community links directly to human-driven climate change, according to a study published on Tuesday that concluded that the temperature spikes “are primarily attributed to human driven climate change.”

  • Tuesday, May 26th 2026 - 08:14 UTC

    United Kingdom records hottest May since 1922 with overnight temperature record

    The United Kingdom registered on Tuesday its warmest dawn ever recorded for a May month, with a minimum temperature of 21.3 degrees Celsius in south London, according to the British Meteorological Office, known as the Met. The reading constitutes what meteorologists call a “tropical night,” a category reserved for periods in which the overnight temperature does not fall below 20 degrees, an unusual phenomenon for this time of year in the British Isles.