Environment

Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 07:13 UTC
Brazilians will again eat three meals a day, vowed Lula

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Dda Silva Wednesday said during a visit to his native state of Pernambuco that people in his country will go back to eating at least three meals a day if he beats the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the Oct. 2 elections.
Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Extreme temperatures in Antarctica and annual loss of 150 billion tons of ice

By BAS Atmosphere, Ice and Climate Change team, Floor van Heuvel, Ella Gilbert, Thomas Caton-Harrison, Ryan Williams, Tom Bracegirdle
Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Falklands black browed albatross: from prey feeding to fishery discards

Falklands' located South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, SAERI, PhD researcher Amanda Kuepfer and her collaborators have published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science on discard use by black-browed albatross chicks, and how this relates to natural foraging conditions and breeding success.
Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Brize Norton diverting flights because of plus 40C soaring temperature: “runway is melting”

Extreme temperatures have forced Britain's biggest air base to halt all of its flights in and out. Aircraft to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, have been forced to divert to other airfields. Brize Norton is also the UK air-bridge head link with MPC in the Falkland Islands.
Thursday, July 14th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
Pope Francis calls on youth to save the planet and “eat less meat|”

Pope Francis, who comes from Argentina, known for its beef production and consumption, said that in some parts of the world, it would be a good idea to “consume less meat” to help save the environment. The pope also condemned the war in Ukraine saying that in such cases it was “legitimate to rebel”.
Thursday, July 14th 2022 - 08:28 UTC
Dominican Republic plans to clear sargassum from beaches working with organic certified company

A Finnish algae processing company is considering installing a plant in the Dominican Republic given the negative impact of the sargassum seaweed invasion of its beaches and tourism industry.
Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Falklands' SAERI project on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems of the Southwest Atlantic

Research from the Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) project has been showcased at the GeoHab Conference held at The Venice International University in Italy during the month of May 2022.
Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Uruguay records coldest, driest June in decades

Uruguay's Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) reported Monday that this year's was the coldest June in the last 41 years “with a countrywide anomaly of -2.3°C.”
Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Europe divided over “greenwashing” gas and nuclear energy, but parliament ready to support the bill

For the European Parliament natural gas and nuclear power plants have been designated as climate-friendly investments. The European Commission released the proposal, formally called the EU taxonomy, in December as a list of economic activities that investors can label and market as green in the EU.
Monday, July 11th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
Faroe Islands limit traditional catch of dolphins to 500; 'barbaric practice' killed 1,423 last year

Faroe Islands announced on Sunday that the traditional catch of dolphins to be killed in its water would provisionally be limited to 500. The decision to crack down on the number of hunted dolphins comes after public outcry from last year's hunt, where over 1,423 white-sided dolphins were killed, a spree that shocked even residents who supported the practice.