Environment

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Antarctic Heritage has selected three young explorers for the Geographic South Pole ski expedition in November

  

  The Antarctic Heritage Trust’s Inspiring Explorers Expedition to attempt to ski to the Geographic South Pole, has selected three candidates for the coming November challenge, which coincides with the 150th anniversary since the birth of legendary polar explorer Roald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole in 1911.

• Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 08:33 UTC

  South Georgia charters “Vinson of Antarctica” to support Albatross Survey

  

  Following a thorough tendering process, the Government of South Georgia has announced that the vessel Vinson of Antarctica has been selected to support a wandering albatross survey planned for 2024.

• Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 08:13 UTC

  Hundreds of Magellan penguins washed ashore by a cyclone in southern Brazil

  

  Hundreds of dead Magellan penguins have been gathered at beaches along the coast of Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, apparently surprised by a subtropical cyclone when their annual migration from the south of the continent, Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands towards warmer waters with more food.

• Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Arctic flights to shed light on sea ice and storm links

  

  Scientists are flying research aircraft through the heart of Arctic storms this summer to better understand how weather systems are affecting polar sea ice. Arctic cyclones are the main type of hazardous weather that affect the polar environment during summer. They can impact sea ice movement and trigger rapid ice loss, effects that themselves influence the development of cyclones.

• Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Falklands first look at over 30 years of seabird monitoring results

  

  The Falkland Islands are frequently associated with globally significant seabird populations. Indeed, the inshore waters of the Islands have not long been designated as a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) for this very reason. Understandably stated as a reason for national pride, tourism, conservation and research benefits,

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Cyclone causes havoc in southern Brazil

  

  A subtropical cyclone has left substantial damage and many people injured in the Brazilian southern state of Santa Catarina, where the seaside resorts have been placed under alert amid landslides.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

  Resignation of those who declared a volcano a Mapuche sacred site requested

  

  Argentina's Environment Minister Juan Cabandié demanded the resignation of National Parks Administration (APN) Chairman Lautaro Erratchú and of the rest of the agency's board after last week they declared the Lanín volcano a Mapuche sacred site.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Argentina announces the construction of labs in Antarctica to reaffirm science and sovereignty

  

  Argentina will create “Antarctic Multidisciplinary Laboratories” to further promote research in the country's bases in the white continent, in the framework of the program “Building Science”. The program is sponsored by the ministries of Foreign Affairs; Science, Technology and Innovation, and Defense, and has specific funds earmarked.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 08:23 UTC

  Chile and UK discuss green energy cooperation and delivery of ex-RAF Sentry aircraft

  

  Chilean foreign minister Antonia Urrejola received the British Ambassador in Santiago, Louise de Sousa to address several issues of the bilateral agenda, particularly referred to green energies.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 08:37 UTC

  “Laughable advice from utilities to save water instead of showers,” UK customers

  

  Water supplies in the UK have been seriously reduced because of recent heat waves and a lack of rain forcing some utilities to introduce hosepipe bans in some areas to save water resources.