Environment

Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 10:47 UTC
Uruguay to import bottled water: desalinization plant does not fit in aircraft

Uruguay's Economy Ministry Monday greenlighted the tax-free import of bottled water as one of the measures against the drought affecting Montevideo and the metropolitan area, it was reported. Meanwhile, Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado confirmed that the desalination plant to be brought from Houston does not fit “by 15 centimeters” in the C-130 Hercules aircraft sent to pick it up and it will therefore take “a few weeks” to reach South America by ship.
Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 08:56 UTC
Snowfalls leave thousands of Chilean weekend shoppers stranded in Mendoza

Thousands of Chilean travelers were stranded Sunday in the Argentine province of Mendoza as the Cristo Redentor Path was closed at 3 pm due to bad weather (snow), it was reported. The decision was made jointly by both countries, reported Los Andes. Shortly before, traffic from Uspallata onwards had also been cut off. It is an average one-hour drive from there to Cristo Redentor
Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 11:31 UTC
Drug lord Pablo Escobar legacy to Colombia, the invasive ecosystem engineers, African hippos

The legacy of Colombian drugs lord Pablo Escobar has not only been the ongoing gangs war and the overall violence in the country, but also consequences of some of his hobbies, for example growing exotic fauna, such as hippos.
Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:23 UTC
Moscow declares Greenpeace an “undesirable organization,” forcing it to close its Russian branch

Russia on Friday declared the environmental group Greenpeace an “undesirable organization.” The designation criminalizes the work of organizations that bear the brand and puts employees at risk of criminal prosecution.
Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:56 UTC
Uruguayan grocers running out of bottled water as demand soars

As Uruguay's water crisis continues to escalate, sales of bottled water grew threefold during the last few days as suppliers ran out of stock, it was reported in Montevideo.
Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:49 UTC
Natural lakes and reservoirs worldwide drying up, Science magazine

Natural lakes and reservoirs worldwide are consistently losing water content, according to an international research team that published their findings in the journal Science. Allegedly global warming and human activity are the chief culprits.
Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 14:06 UTC
The next five years, “the warmest on record”, anticipates the UN's Meteorological Organization

The next five years are expected to be the warmest period on record, the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Wednesday. “There is a 98-percent likelihood that at least one of the next five years, and the five-year period as a whole, will be the warmest on record,” the WMO said.
Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 11:57 UTC
Some rains forecasted but water crisis still dramatic in Uruguay

Uruguay's Meteorological Institute (Inumet) Wednesday announced it forecasted rainfalls between May 19 and 21, albeit below 10 millimeters, with a probability of occurrence between 60% and 80%, it was reported in Montevideo.
Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 11:09 UTC
BAS ends 2022/23 Antarctic field season with over sixty science projects

The British Antarctic Survey 2022/23 Antarctic field season has ended, marking the conclusion of another successful year of scientific exploration in one of the world’s most remote and challenging environments.
Wednesday, May 17th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Brazil: Fines for environmental infractions up almost 90% under Lula

Since President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to office on Jan. 1, Brazil's Institute of the Environment (Ibama) increased by almost 90% the fines imposed on trespassers of environmental rules, when compared to the last year of the Jair Bolsonaro administration, it was reported.