Environment

Saturday, November 5th 2022 - 10:48 UTC
BAS has launched its Antarctic field season with an ambitious range of projects

The British Antarctic Survey, BAS, Antarctic field season has begun, with a challenging and ambitious range of projects to be delivered at five BAS research stations and across the wider continent. Over 500 people are working in Antarctica this season on BAS research stations, on RRS Sir David Attenborough, in the field and in collaboration with other Antarctic operators.
Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 20:40 UTC
One-third of the world's glaciers will be soon gone, UNESCO warns

A UNESCO study released Thursday has shown that one-third of the glaciers worldwide are bound to disappear due to global warming.
Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:23 UTC
WMO warns temperatures in Europe rising twice as fast

Temperatures in Europe have gone up at a pace of about 0.5 °C per decade between 1991 and 2021, according to the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European climate change service Copernicus.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 20:13 UTC
PM Sunak now says he will attend COP27

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak finally changed his mind once again and announced Wednesday that he will be attending the COP27 Climate Summit later this week in Egypt.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:45 UTC
Lula and Biden share common views during phone call

US President Joseph Biden and Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva held a telephone conversation during which they concurred on several issues, it was reported.
Monday, October 31st 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Energy security or clean energy: Germany dismantles wind farm to expand lignite coal mine

With winter around the corner and Europe giving priority to energy security over clean energy in German a wind farm is being dismantled to make way for an expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine.
Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Climate variability complicating crop sowing in Brazilian farming states

Climate variability and excessive rainfall have delayed the planting of Brazil’s 2022/2023 soy crop, which reached 34% of the estimated area, against 24% in the previous week and 38% in the same period last year, according to a survey by AgRural released this week.
Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:06 UTC
Carbon emissions forecast to peak in 2025

Global energy emissions have been forecast to be peaking by 2025 as a result of a shift in investments following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which pushed renewable sources to the forefront, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)'s annual World Energy Outlook report released this week.
Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Oil company to build solar farms in Argentine province of Mendoza

A leading oil company has pledged U$S 100 million to build two solar farms in the Argentine province of Mendoza, it was reported this week.
Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Brazil will go back to being environmentally conscientious if Lula wins

Former Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva Thursday said during a press conference in Sao Paulo that “we need an environmentally sustainable, politically democratic and socially developed country.”