Environment

• Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Produce from deforested areas banned from EU, beginning 2025

  

  The European Union (EU) finally approved a regulation prohibiting the entry of agricultural items, including coffee, soy, and beef, produced after 2020 in deforested areas, regardless of whether legally compliant with the producing country’s national legislation. The regulation will come into effect on December 30, 2024.

• Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:22 UTC

  What is killing the animals at Chile's Humboldt Reserve?

  

  Due to avian flu, what used to be a vacation spot in northern Chile full of tourists sighting the marine fauna has become the ground where sanitary brigades look for dead birds likely killed by the deadly virus following the closure of the Humboldt Penguin National Reserve, in the Coquimbo region.

• Sunday, June 11th 2023 - 14:21 UTC

  Trust fund no loss of sovereignty over Galapagos Islands, Ecuadorian gov't argues

  

  Ecuadorian authorities Saturday denied that a recent debt swap through the creation of the Galapagos Life Fund (GLF) trust entailed the loss of sovereignty over the Galapagos Islands as a newspaper claimed.

• Saturday, June 10th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  Canada wildfires smoke reducing solar power and New England summer heat

  

  Solar power generation in the northeast United States is tumbling by more than 50% as a result of the smoke from eastern Canada wildfires. On Thursday ISO New England, the operator of the grid, said solar power generation in New England was 56% below last week during times of peak demand.

• Friday, June 9th 2023 - 11:08 UTC

  Onset of “El Niño” announced

  

  The US Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Thursday the onset of “El Niño,” a weather phenomenon characterized by a warming of the surface of the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean that occurs every 2 to 7 years, which can increase the risk of heavy rains and droughts in some parts of the world and lead to record temperatures.

• Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 10:57 UTC

  Deforestation in Amazon drops 31% interannually

  

  According to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), deforestation fell 31% in the Legal Amazon, from January to May 2023, compared to the same period last year, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Panama Canal water level suffering from climate change

  

  Since the Panama Canal connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific in the early 20th century, it changes forever the history of global shipping. Before the canal was completed, ships had to go around the southern tip of South America, close to the Falklands coal fueling deposits, and a much longer and more dangerous route.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 09:44 UTC

  Arctic Ocean may be ice-free during the summer from 2030 onwards

  

  According to a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free during the summer from 2030 onwards regardless of the level of greenhouse gas emissions.

• Monday, June 5th 2023 - 13:11 UTC

  EU farmers refuse to accept plans to restore drained peat-lands, taken over by agriculture

  

  European Union farmers and conservative lawmakers are up in arms against landmark nature legislation meant to bolster the bloc's green transition and prevent vital ecosystems and species from being wiped out due to climate change.

• Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 08:45 UTC

  S. Georgia Marine Protected Area 5-Year Review Science Symposium

  

  The Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, (GSGSSI) are pleased to announce that they will be holding a 2-day Science Symposium on the 13th and 14th June 2023 as part of the 5-year review of our Marine Protected Area.