Environment

• Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 08:59 UTC

  World heading for warmest year on record in the next quinquennium 2022/26, WMO report

  

  There is a 50:50 chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial level for at least one of the next five years – and the likelihood is increasing with time, according to a new climate update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Cattle methane gas from belching and flatulence measured from space

  

  Scientists have managed to measure the belching and flatulence of cattle from space. This is considered important since the International Agency of Energy and the US Department of Agriculture estimate that methane from cows' burps and farts has a great influence on climate change and global warming.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 20:00 UTC

  Climate change has NZ sinking - floods to become routine events

  

  Climate change is taking its toll as the sea keeps crawling onto New Zealand's sinking coastline, halving the time authorities thought they had to take action, according to an NZ SeaRise study released earlier this week.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 08:59 UTC

  IAATO appoints Tudor Morgan as chair of the organization

  

  The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has appointed Executive Committee member Tudor Morgan to its leading role. Tudor, VP Government and Industry relations at IAATO member operator Hurtigruten Expeditions, takes the reins from Robyn Woodhead, who steps down after five years on the EC, the last one as chair.

• Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Ocean life to disappear if climate change not addressed, study warns

  

  According to the findings of a study published Thursday in Science, if climate change is not curbed in time, the oceans will suffer a mass extinction as they did some 65 million years ago in the Cretaceous period when a meteorite and volcanoes wiped out life on Earth.

• Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Asunción City Hall declares local species to be animals of value

  

  The City Hall of Paraguay's capital has this week declared the weasel, also known locally for its Guarani name mykurẽ, as an animal of value and importance.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Scientists find never-changing ice island in Antarctica

  

  Climate change has been confirmed once more to be taking its toll on Earth's shape as an ice island has been discovered in Antarctica which has stayed unchanged even in the presence of bypassing icebergs and other phenomena, according to NASA data.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Record wildfires and floods in Europe's 2021 summer, the hottest on record

  

  Europe experienced the hottest summer on record in 2021, according to EU scientists in their Copernicus Climate Change Service report. The temperature in Europe was one degree Celsius above the 1991-2020 average.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Falklands' inshore waters globally recognized as Key Biodiversity Areas

  

  A Falklands Conservation project has identified the Falklands Islands’ inshore waters as globally recognized Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) for breeding seabirds, driving forward their aim for quality marine management practices in the Islands.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  World's Penguin Day, five of 18 species live in the Falkland Islands

  

  April 25, marks World Penguin Day, an opportunity for many wildlife organizations to tout conservation efforts for these charismatic, amphibious birds. It’s nearly winter in the southern hemisphere, and April 25 coincides with Antarctic penguins’ annual northward march to the sea.