Environment

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.
Tuesday, May 16th 2023 - 02:00 UTC
Australia approves new coal mine: 2,5 million tons in five years

Despite elected on a climate action platform the Australian government has approved a new coal mine for the first time since it was elected, reports the BBC from Canberra. The government was bound by national environment laws when considering Central Queensland's Isaac River coal mine, a spokeswoman said.
Monday, May 15th 2023 - 10:50 UTC
Shortage of drinking water in Montevideo getting critical

Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse will ask the National Emergency System (Sinae) to step in as the shortage of drinking water in the Uruguayan capital gets more and more serious. The city and the Metropolitan area is feared to run out of drinking water in between 20 to 30 days due to lack of rainfall.
Saturday, May 13th 2023 - 10:50 UTC
UN envoy warns of crisis caused by “Chilean Chernobyl”

David Boyd, the United Nations (UN) envoy for human rights and the environment, warned that Chile is facing a “frightening and interconnected environmental crisis” that is violating the rights of millions of people at the industrial complex known as the “Chilean Chernobyl.”
Friday, May 12th 2023 - 11:08 UTC
Re-wilding agricultural land to avoid methane and exploding cows

By Gwynne Dyer – 'At least half the current agricultural land on the planet, more likely two-thirds of it, has to be re-wilded in order to restore the world’s principal carbon sink and to preserve the biodiversity on which the entire ecosystem depends.
Saturday, May 6th 2023 - 11:16 UTC
Ecuador bonds in debt for nature swap includes promise to upgrade Galapagos Islands conservation

In a debt for nature swap, Credit Suisse has announced buying Ecuadorian bonds worth US$1.6 billion. With Ecuador in severe financial turmoil, the bonds were trading well below face value as investors considered non-repayment to be likely. Effectively, Ecuador has now bought its own debt back at a knock-down price via a fresh loan from Credit Suisse.