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Montevideo, December 12th 2025 - 01:14 UTC

Environment

  • Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 06:40 UTC

    Antarctic researcher remains, working for Falklands’ Dependency, 66 years ago, found in receding glacier

    Dennis Bell (left) with his fellow colleagues and the dogs that helped them to work in Antarctica. Midwinter 1959 at Admiralty Bay Base. Credit: unknown.

    The remains of an Antarctic researcher have been discovered by a Polish team among rocks exposed by a receding glacier in Antarctica. They are identified by DNA as those of Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell, a 25 year-old meteorologist who was working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), the predecessor of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). He died in a crevasse on a glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island, situated off the Antarctic Peninsula on 26 July 1959. His body was never recovered.

  • Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 04:53 UTC

    Falklands, Pollution Prevention and Waste Management Approved by ExCo

    MLA Peter Biggs said: “Falklands needs to improve how we manage pollution and waste and this is an important step in better protecting our air, land and water.

    The Executive Council has approved a Pollution Prevention and Waste Management Strategy for the Falkland Islands. The strategy aims to provide a clear plan to address the long-term reduction and prevention of pollution and control of waste in the Falklands, in a way that suits the unique context of the Islands.

  • Monday, August 11th 2025 - 10:03 UTC

    Falklands: Public Consultation on the Draft Islands Wildfire Strategy

    Wildfires are a natural aspect of the Falklands landscape, regularly occurring as a result of lightening.

    The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) would like to remind the public that views are still sought in the consultation on the Draft Falkland Islands Wildfire Strategy.

  • Monday, August 11th 2025 - 08:49 UTC

    Falklands: Measures to minimize disturbance of penguin colonies

    As cruise season approaches, FIG’s Environment Department and the Tourist Board set guidelines for operators to ensure a positive experience for visitors and penguins

    With the next cruise ship season approaching, the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) Environment Department has been working in partnership with the Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB) to update the set of guidelines for operators and tourists visiting the Gypsy Cove and Yorke Bay penguin colonies on cruise ship days.

  • Friday, August 8th 2025 - 09:20 UTC

    Deforestation drops in Cerrado but grows in Amazon

    Climate Change Minister Marina Silva was present at Thursday's report launch

    Over the past 12 months, deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado biome dropped by 20%, while the Amazon saw a 4% rise in alerts. In the Amazon, alerts covered 4,495 square kilometers—up from 4,321 km² in the previous period. Despite the uptick, this figure represents the second-lowest level recorded in the historical data series.

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 09:37 UTC

    Lula to invite Trump to COP30

    “A solid partnership is built on mutual benefits,” Lula emphasized

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva does not intend to discuss tariffs with his US colleague Donald Trump but will invite him to the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), scheduled for November in Belém.

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 07:24 UTC

    Brazilian corporations consolidate a leading share in the global meat market

    MBRF is ready to become one of the world’s leading meat processors but still has to overcome possible objections about market dominance

    Two major Brazilian corporations’ shareholders, from Marfrig (MRFG3), and BRF (BRFS), approved on Tuesday the proposed merger between the two global food processors, the firms said in a joint securities filing.

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 07:21 UTC

    Falklands congratulates RFA on its 120th anniversary: Be it war or natural disasters, they are always there

    RFA Tidespring is currently deployed in the Indo-Pacific as part of the Carrier Strike Group 25’s eight-month mission.

    The Falkland Islands Government Office in London, FIGO, has wished the RFA.(Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Headquarters a very happy 120th birthday, The wishes in the name of all the Falklands, remember RFA played a crucial role to the Liberation of the Islands in 1982.

  • Saturday, August 2nd 2025 - 08:30 UTC

    BAS research links ocean tides when Antarctica icebergs calve

    Oliver Marsh downloading GPS data.

    A new study has revealed that ocean tides can directly influence when large Antarctic icebergs break off from the ice shelves surrounding the continent, a process known as calving. The research marks a major step toward accurately forecasting ice loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet and improving projections of global sea level rise.

  • Friday, August 1st 2025 - 09:01 UTC

    Chile: All tsunami warnings called off

    Boric said he had faced pressure to lower the warning status

    All tsunami threat warnings for Chile were completely canceled after the National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred) confirmed Thursday that, based on data from sea level stations and other models, the emergency caused by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia has officially ended.