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Montevideo, November 23rd 2024 - 13:59 UTC

Environment

  • Monday, January 16th 2023 - 19:21 UTC

    Opening of Itaipu floodgates might relieve Paraná River downspout

    The Itaipú floodgates had remained closed for way over one year

    The opening of the floodgates at the Itaipú dam during the weekend is expected to bring some relief to the people along the Paraná river shores after 2023 also started with a downspout, although not quite as severe as in previous years.

  • Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    “Anthropogenic noise impairs cooperation in bottlenose dolphins”, University of Bristal study

    The scientists equipped two trained and highly motivated bottlenose dolphins at the Dolphin Research Center in Florida, USA, with suction-cup attached tags

    Dolphins working collaboratively are less successful in the presence of sound generated by humans, a University of Bristol-led team of researchers have shown. The findings, published in Current Biology, imply that dolphins cannot minimize the impact of human-made noise, even by adjusting their own vocal behavior.

  • Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Biden declares “major disaster” in California as storms kill 19

    Newsom advised Californians to exercise common sense

    US President Joseph Biden has declared a state of catastrophe in the State of California as unprecedented rains and mudslides leave at least 19 people dead over the past three weeks. Tens of thousands have been also been evacuated.

  • Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 18:32 UTC

    Tornadoes in southern US leave at least 7 dead

    Six of the fatalities were reported in Autauga County, Alabama

    A streak of tornadoes in the past few days left so far at least 7 people dead and over 30 others injured in the states of Georgia and Alabama, where a hurricane damaged buildings and tossed cars into the streets of downtown Selma, where civil rights activists once made history.

  • Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:28 UTC

    Brazilian Finance and Environment ministers will attend the Davos Forum

    Fernando Haddad and Marina Silva will make the round of bilateral contacts to ensure Economy and Environment in Brazil are working together

    Brazil's Minister of Finance Fernando Haddad and the Minister of Environment Marina Silva will be the official representatives to the World Economic Forum, (WEF) scheduled for January 16/20 in Davos, Switzerland and the message from the delegation to global investors is that the weekend's turmoil “belongs to the past and Brazil is ready to play its important role in international politics”.

  • Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

    World Economic Forum says more green sector workers needed

    South Africa, Brazil, and Spain are the three countries with the highest deficits in these fields

    A report released by the Davos-based World Economic Forum (WEF) highlighted that countries should increase by 66% the number of employees in the green economy, which includes agriculture and fisheries, sustainable construction, environment, civil, and chemical engineering sectors. The document also pointed out that 37% more doctors and teachers were needed.

  • Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

    Drought in Argentina will have a great impact on agriculture production

    “La Niña” phenomenon, for the third consecutive year, “has worsened the situation, complicating sowing, crop development and area suitable for planting”

    The drought affecting over half of Argentina's territory means agricultural production levels this year will be lower than during the 2021/2022 season and below the five-year average, especially for wheat.

  • Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

    Agriculture emergency in Magallanes Region because of the ongoing drought

    A clear example of this was November “with only 8,8 mm of precipitation, very distant from the historic average for the month of 60 mm”

    Chile's Ministry of Agriculture declared on Friday an agriculture emergency in the extreme south Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica because of the hydric deficit caused by the lack of rainfall. The decision was taken following on experts projections indicating the persistence of “meteorological and hydrologic drought conditions, both reflected in the shortfall of hydric surface and subterranean availability”

  • Friday, January 13th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Poorer harvests heralded due to bad weather would mean fewer dollars for Argentina

    “The fall in exports could vary between 21% or 33%,” it was reported

    Argentina's Agriculture exports are expected to drop by US$ 14,000 million due to the recent drought, according to projections from the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange released this week in Buenos Aires. The new figures might have an impact on the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of between 1.1% and 1.8%.

  • Tuesday, January 10th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Is Mass Cruise Tourism Safe for Antarctic Ecosystems?

    During the COVID summer of 2020-21, just 15 tourists on two yachts visited Antarctica. But now, tourism is back – and bigger than ever.

    By Elizabeth Leane, Anne Hardy, Can Seng Ooi, Carolyn Philpott, Hanne E.F. Nielsen and Katie Marx – As the summer sun finally arrives for people in the Southern Hemisphere, more than 100,000 tourists will head for the ice. Traveling on one of more than 50 cruise ships, they will brave the two-day trip across the notoriously rough Drake Passage below Patagonia, destined for the polar continent of Antarctica.