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Montevideo, July 3rd 2025 - 03:40 UTC

Environment

  • Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

    Earthquake death toll reaches 4,300, more victims feared under the rubble

    There have been 183 aftershocks since the original earthquakes including one of 7.6 magnitude at 7.24 am local time

    The number of casualties from the series of earthquakes hitting Türkiye and Syria early Monday has been updated to 4,300, it was reported. Due to the time the quake occurred (4.17 local time), most people were sleeping in their homes and many were unable to escape. Rescuers are searching for survivors in the rubble.

  • Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Chile's wildfires death toll reaches 24

    There are also 26 people hospitalized in a serious condition, Monsalve said. Photo: AFP.

    Chilean authorities spoke Sunday of 24 fatalities, nearly 1,000 people injured, and some 800 houses destroyed in the past five days by wildfires spreading fast in amid a highly-irregular heat wave with strong winds and temperatures above 40°C in areas 500 km south of Santiago.

  • Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    BAS investing to predict future sea-level rise in Antarctica

    Understanding ice loss from Antarctica and its contribution to global sea-level rise is a key ambition for SURFEIT

    Researchers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) will develop new and ambitious ideas to tackle critical global environmental challenges, such as global sea-level rise from Antarctica, thanks to new funding.

  • Monday, February 6th 2023 - 09:17 UTC

    Earthquake rocks Türkiye and Syria killing around 1,200 people

    “We hope to get through this disaster together in the shortest possible time and with the least possible damage,” Erdogan wrote on Twitter

    Over 1,200 people died in Türkiye and Syria as hundreds of buildings collapsed in the areas hit by an earthquake of 7.8-degree magnitude with its epicenter in the border city of Gaziantep. Rescue teams were searching for people trapped under the rubble. Humanitarian aid was reported on its way from various parts of the world. There were a total of 22 aftershocks, some of them strong.

  • Sunday, February 5th 2023 - 08:57 UTC

    São Paulo aircraft carrier sank despite ecologists' opposition

    The sinking of the São Paulo came around at the same time as an offer from the Saudi group Sela who was willing to pay US$ 5.9 million for the structure. Too late.

    Brazil finally sank in a controlled manner the hull of what once was the pride of the South American country's Navy: the aircraft carrier São Paulo, also known as Foch during her time with the French Navy.

  • Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 12:05 UTC

    At least 13 killed in Chile’s wildfires

    Gabriel Boric said there were “indications” that some of the fires were caused by “unauthorized burning.”

    Chilean authorities Friday reported at least 13 people lost their lives amid the raging wildfire that is hitting several parts of the South American country. Two people died when a firefighting helicopter crashed during a mission and 11 others in Santa Juana.

  • Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 11:55 UTC

    Studies in Falklands' peat lands, The importance of World Wetlands Day

    The Flow Country, Europe’s largest blanket bog located found in Northern Scotland.

    By Katy Ross (*) – The haunting calls of black-throated divers rise to join the bubbling of Curlews. Hen harriers, perhaps more enchantingly known as sky dancers glide across a landscape filled with lochs and pools, whilst far below cotton grasses bob in the wind. All this life is supported by a tiny plant and one you are probably already familiar with - Sphagnum moss.

  • Friday, February 3rd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Parts of Chile under red alert for major forest fires in central region

    Valenzuela said the dry and hot Puelche wind from the eastern cordillera was also expected in the central-southern zone

    The Government of Chile has declared a “red alert” in the central part of the country due to the heat wave stemming from 39 major forest fires as the wave keeps spreading throughout the country, most of them in Araucania (17) but also in Bío Bío (7), Ñuble (7), Maule (4), Los Lagos (3), and one in the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

  • Friday, February 3rd 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Revive and restore Wetlands

    Though they cover only around 6 per cent of the Earth’s land surface, 40 per cent of all plant and animal species live or breed in wetlands.

    On 30 August 2021, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 2 February as World Wetlands Day to raise awareness of the urgency of reversing the accelerating loss of wetlands and to promote their conservation and restoration. The day marks the date of the adoption of the “Convention on Wetlands of International Importance” held in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.

  • Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    More rain ahead as cruise ship visits to New Zealand disrupted

    Damage caused by the ‘wild weather’ to New Zealand’s cruise industry comes soon after five international cruise ships' itineraries were restricted due to bio-fouling.

    SeaTrade is reporting that ID New Zealand’s ground operator Debbie Summers said cruise lines are changing itineraries to ports not affected by the unprecedented weather.