Tag: Climate change

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 20:50 UTC

  Argentine Patagonia in for hottest and driest year since 1961

  

  According to Argentina's National Meteorological Service (SMN), the weather in Patagonia, particularly in the provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro is about to set a new historic record amid high temperatures and low rainfall which have turned 2021 into the region's hottest and driest year since 1961.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Uruguay consolidates climate change policy, minister says

  

  Uruguay's Environment Minister Adrián Peña Monday forecast that by 2035 ANCAP's La Teja refinery will be closed and vehicles will be 100% zero emissions, as the country advances towards its carbon-neutral goals for 2050

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  HMS Protector breaks polar record and involved in scientific research on penguins and climate change

  

  Icebreaker HMS Protector has broken a record, becoming the first Royal Navy ship to enter both polar circles within the same year. The Navy's only icebreaker, Protector left Plymouth in August for Antarctica, – her first visit to the frozen continent since 2019.

• Wednesday, December 15th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  WMO registers new Arctic temperature record, 38°C, in Verkhoyansk on 20 June 2020

  

  A temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk on 20 June 2020 has been recognized as a new Arctic temperature record by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Research done in Falklands shows albatrosses are “divorcing” because of climate change

  

  A recent Royal Society study shows climate change and rising oceans are pushing black-browed albatross breakup rates higher. Among the world's most devoted monogamous species, they are “divorcing” more frequently. For 15 years, researchers studied a wild population of 15,500 breeding couples in the Falkland Islands, and in effect, only 1 to 3% of couples would separate after picking a partner to pursue more romantic pastures.

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems as human activity grows and the world warms

  

  By Dana M Bergstrom and Shavawn Donoghue – We tend to think Antarctica is isolated and far away – biologically speaking, this is true. But the continent is busier than you probably imagine, with many national programs and tourist operators crisscrossing the globe to get there.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  EU company produces an additive that mitigates methane gas emission in dairy cattle

  

  A Netherlands company has produced an additive that mixed with the feed given to cattle helps to mitigate methane gas emissions and its impact on climate change. Allegedly it is the first product to reach the European market following its approval by the European Food Safety Authority, EFSA.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro says Amazon crisis “same old nonsense”

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said the Amazon desertification alert was “the same old nonsense” and blamed the opposition for those reports which were aimed at denting the country's image and scaring away investors.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Why China and India aren’t the climate villains of COP26

  

  By Daniel Parsons and Martin Taylor (*) – The Glasgow Climate Pact urges countries to “accelerate efforts towards phasing down”, rather than “phasing out”, coal power that isn’t mitigated by carbon capture and storage.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 07:35 UTC

  “OTs are an integral part of Global Britain and benefit from a confident UK”, Liz Truss

  

  At the conclusion of a two-day meeting at the Foreign Office, the Joint Ministerial Council, JMC, which brings together UK ministers and Overseas Territories leaders agreed on a joint communiqué which included the agenda of issues addressed. Previous to the JMC the Overseas Territories Association held a meeting of their Political Council.