Environment

Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 22:48 UTC
Strong quake felt in Peru, Chile and Bolivia

A strong earthquake rocked Chile, Perú, and Bolivia Thursday morning. Authorities in the three countries are still to release detailed reports on the aftermath of the event.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:14 UTC
New Darwin Plus Initiative funding for Falklands' New Island Nature Reserve

Threatened species across the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are set to benefit from £6.4 million in government funding announced on Monday 23 May. Green turtles and the West Indian whistling duck are just some of the species that will be boosted by a share of the Darwin Plus Initiative. Likewise Falklands' New Island Nature Reserve and Peatlands.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Argentina: Water emergency extended, insufficient rainfall in main rivers' basins

Argentina has announced that it will extend the Water Emergency Crisis warning for another six months due to insufficient rainfall in the Paraná, Paraguay, and Iguazú river basins.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 09:28 UTC
Climate change election: Labor pledges to make Australia “a renewable energy superpower”

Australia's Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he wants to improve Australia's image abroad after defeating conservative Scott Morrison. Climate change played a pivotal role in the Saturday vote, with voters unhappy with Morrison's government response to deadly fires and floods that hit Australia in recent years and their support of massive coal exports.
Saturday, May 21st 2022 - 08:39 UTC
Argentina extends Paraná river water emergency

The Argentine government of President Alberto Fernández Friday announced it was extending the declaration of emergency for another 180 days in the Paraná River area as water levels remained at historically low levels.
Friday, May 20th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Yakecan cyclone hits Uruguay, then moves on to Brazil

Two people have died in Uruguay under circumstances that were not a direct result of Tuesday's subtropical cyclone, Yakecan, but which authorities are still investigating after several houses were destroyed and trees were downed, it was reported.
Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 20:22 UTC
Paraná downspout means heavy losses for Argentine exports

A most unusual low water level of the Paraná river has caused losses of nearly US$ 280 million so far in 2022 to Argentine rural producers and exporters, it was reported.
Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 20:03 UTC
Brazil's capital records all-time low temperature

An unprecedented cold wave in Brazil for the month of May has been labeled a threat both to the country's thousands of homeless people and also to crops, it was reported Thursday.
Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 09:04 UTC
Peruvian prosecutors to seek extradition of oil spill case tanker captain

Peruvian authorities are seeking the extradition of the captain of the Italian-flagged Mare Doricum oil tanker, whom Repsol accuses of being responsible for the maneuvers that resulted in the oil spill at the La Pampilla refinery, 4 kilometers from the Ventanilla district.
Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Uruguay braces for a “cyclone with unusual characteristics”, meteorologists forecast

Although cyclones are rare in the area, Uruguay's Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) has issued a yellow warning regarding the possible arrival of a subtropical cyclone to the southern part of the country sometime Tuesday.