Environment

Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 10:28 UTC
Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection

This year, we celebrate 35 years of the Vienna Convention and 35 years of global ozone layer protection. Life on Earth would not be possible without sunlight. But the energy emanating from the sun would be too much for life on Earth to thrive were it not for the ozone layer. This stratospheric layer shields Earth from most of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. Sunlight makes life possible, but the ozone layer makes life as we know it possible.
Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Patagonia turns green and a climate-focused trust, “Earth is our only shareholder”

Patagonia garments, a family owned company started half a century ago, has decided that instead of going public it will be “going purpose”, this means dedicating all profits from the company to projects and organizations that will protect wild land and biodiversity and fight the climate crisis.
Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Bariloche court upholds ruling: access to Lago Escondido must be granted

A court of appeals in the Argentine city of Bariloche has upheld a 2013 ruling of a lower court ordering Rio Negro provincial authorities to open a road through the property of English tycoon Joe Lewis so access to Lago Escondido can be granted.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:04 UTC
Wind energy and green hydrogen projects in Rio Grande do Sul target 13% of power demand

The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with Neoenergia, a subsidiary of the Spanish giant electricity energy corporation Iberdrola, for the development of offshore wind power, plus a project for the production of green hydrogen.
Saturday, September 10th 2022 - 06:55 UTC
Congratulation to Andy Pollard for his “Sleeping Beauty” Gold Award at the Bird Photographer competition

Congratulations to Andy Pollard for his Gold Award Winner in the 'Attention to Detail' category of the Bird Photographer of the Year 2022 competition.
Friday, September 9th 2022 - 08:08 UTC
The 2022 summer was the hottest in Europe's recorded history

The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe's recorded history, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) announced on Thursday. It is the second summer in a row of record-breaking temperatures in Europe.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Greenpeace dropped a chain of boulders in UK's MPA South West Deeps to prevent industrial trawling

Greenpeace UK activists have dropped boulders into the English Channel at the South West Deeps (190 kilometers south of Land's End Cornwall) to prevent industrial trawling. The South West Deeps is one of the UK’s Marine Protected Areas and Greenpeace says the boulder barrier will stop industrial bottom trawlers from dragging weighted nets across the sea floor.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
World's largest offshore wind farm is Hornsea project 2, in Yorkshire

The world's largest offshore wind farm is now fully operational, 55 miles off the coast of Yorkshire. The Hornsea 2 project with 165 turbines can generate enough electricity to power about 1.3 million homes - that's enough for a city the size of Manchester.
Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 14:18 UTC
New theory on mass strandings among pilot whales, includes Falklands' experience

Mass stranding events among cetaceans – a group of marine mammals including the whale, dolphin, and porpoise – have been reported since the times of Aristotle and there has been a long drive to understand what causes them. Long-finned pilot whales – a gregarious species with complex social bonds – are those most often affected.
Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:40 UTC
Falklands Conservation undertakes summer seabirds monitoring program

The Falkland Islands support seabird populations that are of global importance, both numerically, and in terms of conservation status, and Falklands Conservation initiated in 1989/90 the Falkland Islands Seabird Monitoring Program (FISMP) in 1989/90.