Environment

Monday, October 9th 2023 - 09:55 UTC
Copernicus satellite detected giant hole in ozone layer over Antarctica, three times the size of Brazil

The European Space agency Copernicus Sentinel satellite detected a giant hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, as part of the EU's Environmental monitoring program. The hole which scientists call an “ozone depleted area” was 26 million square kilometers in size, roughly three times the size of Brazil.
Friday, October 6th 2023 - 08:49 UTC
Mount Blanc has lost two meters over two years, French geometers blame climate change

Mont Blanc, the Alps' highest peak and the highest mountain in Europe outside of the Caucasus range, has lost more than two meters in height over the past two years, according to French researchers.
Thursday, October 5th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Uruguay sanctions Finnish paper company UPM for caustic soda spill into watercourse

Uruguay's Ministry of the Environment will fine the Finnish paper mill UPM after a spill of approximately one million liters from one of its plants located in the center of the country affected a watercourse that flows into the Río Negro. This event, according to official sources, occurred in August and was “accidental”.
Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 10:47 UTC
Severe drought and warm waters killing dolphins in the Amazon river basin

More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in a tributary of Amazon river in Brazil this past week. Experts suspect the deaths may have been caused by severe drought and rising heat.
Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 10:40 UTC
Studying the impact of commercial whaling in South Georgia on today's pods

While commercial whaling in the twentieth century killed big whale populations, it also appears to have had a long-term impact on the genetic variety of today's surviving whales, according to a piece by Nature World News extracted from Journal of Heredity.
Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 08:00 UTC
UN environment program plans to phase out dangerous pesticides for agriculture by 2035, Bonn Declaration

New global rules for the safe handling of chemicals were adopted at a United Nations conference in the German city of Bonn on Saturday. The Global Framework on Chemicals sets out a roadmap for reducing environmental risks from chemicals and waste.
Saturday, September 30th 2023 - 09:05 UTC
Newest Buquebús unit to be named after actress China Zorrilla

Buquebús, the only company offering passenger services linking Montevideo and Buenos Aires daily across the River Plate in addition to the route between Colonia and the Argentine capital, announced Friday that its newest unit already under construction and slated to be delivered in 2025 would be named after Uruguayan actress China Zorrilla.
Saturday, September 30th 2023 - 08:34 UTC
IAATO includes geo-fenced protection areas for whales in its Antarctica guidelines

The 2023/24 Antarctica season will see 17 new trial site guidelines including special areas so as to protect whales, according to the latest initiatives by IAATO, reports Sea Trade Cruise News.
Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 09:15 UTC
Uruguay: 15-meter whale found dead on Colonia beach

Uruguayan authorities reported Wednesday the discovery of a dead 15-meter whale on the River Plate beach of Colonia, believed to be the first such discovery in the past 100 years.
Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 08:38 UTC
European Human Rights Court: Young Portuguese accuse 32 nations of failing to combat climate change

ix young Portuguese children brought a case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday, alleging that 32 nations have failed to act on global warming. The six, aged 11 to 24, claim they are suffering from “having to live with a climate that is getting hotter and hotter.”