Health & Science

• Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Climate change helps spider specimen move to Magallanes region

  

  Climate change consequences in the entomologic field have reached Magallanes Region in the far south of Chile and local authorities are cautioning about the appearance of a small spider identified as the “false black widow”, which can be lethal for people suffering different allergies.

• Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  “Patagonia without dams” activists gather momentum

  

  One week after Chile's top environmentalists gathered in Santiago for the launch of a new book called “Patagonia Sin Represas” (Patagonia Without Dams), activists from Patagonia held a ground-level version of the event in Coyhaique, Region XI

• Friday, October 19th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Ozone layer hole perimeter closing in on Punta Arenas

  Since Wednesday this week Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile has been exposed to higher levels of ultra violet radiation because the perimeter of the ozone layer hole has moved over the region.

• Thursday, October 18th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Ozone hole smaller because of milder weather says UN

  

  Although the ozone layer over the Antarctic this year is relatively small, this is due to mild temperatures in the region's stratosphere this winter and is not a sign of recovery, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Thursday.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Right to food is a human right, says UN Ban Ki-Moon

  

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked World Food Day on Tuesday with a call for a renewed commitment to stamp out chronic hunger and make the right to food a reality for all in a world where nearly 855 million people still do not have enough to eat.

• Friday, October 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  FAO warns about global advance of animal diseases

  

  The recent arrival of the bluetongue virus in the United Kingdom indicates again that animal diseases are advancing globally and countries will have to invest more in surveillance and control measures, warned FAO.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Financial support for British farmers hit by FMD restrictions

  

  British farmers affected by current restrictions on the movement of animals imposed following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, FMD, are to be given a multi-million-pound package of support.

• Sunday, September 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Bluetongue: 11 cases in UK but no idea of how virus arrived

  

  The British government is not complacent about bluetongue and will take action against the disease at “a very high level”, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said.

• Sunday, September 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake south of New Zealand

  

  A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 hit some 500 km (300 miles) southwest of New Zealand on Sunday, but there were no reports of damage and authorities discounted the risk of a major tsunami

• Sunday, September 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Magallanes has fastest ageing population in Chile

  Magallanes Region has the fastest ageing population in Chile with 17.3% of its residents over 60 and also the highest number of single over 60 households in spite of the fact the region has the second highest per capita income of the country.