Environment

• Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Trinidad and Tobago does not rule out foreign help to deal with oil spill

  

  Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago are not ruling out seeking international help to clean up the oil stain from a mysterious capsizing ship that is heavily affecting tourism and the environment along 15 kilometers of beaches there, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

  Strong gusting winds reported in the Falkland Islands

  

  Falkland Islands residents have been made aware of the predicted strong gusting winds that are forecast for 12/13 February, and the possible damage to their residences.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  Germany size algae bloom around Falklands caught by Copernicus sentinel satellite

  

  The European Union Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission back in November 2023 documented a vast algae bloom around the Falkland Islands, highlighting the interplay with oceanic currents, points out a report from SciTechDaily.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:11 UTC

  Avain flu had decimated UK Skuas, Gannets and Roseate Terns warns RSPB

  

  The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB has reported that a powerful bird the Great Skuas also known as “the pirate of the seas” for stealing other birds food, has declined dramatically because of avian flu.

• Monday, February 12th 2024 - 09:57 UTC

  Oil leak off Trinidad and Tobago causes national environmental emergency

  

  An oil leak from an unflagged overturned ship named Gulfstream off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago has led Prime Minister Keith Rowley to declare Sunday a national emergency because the situation along some 15 km of coastline in Tobago is “not under control.” The mystery vessel capsized Wednesday off the coast of the Cove Eco-Industrial Park in southern Tobago, and currents have dragged the boat shoreward.

• Thursday, February 8th 2024 - 05:17 UTC

  HMS Protector removes waste from Brabant Island next to Antarctica Peninsula

  

  Royal Navy sailors have helped preserve the natural beauty of Antarctica by removing three tons of waste from an island. Ice patrol HMS Protector returned to Brabant Island – on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula – for the first time since 2017 to continue work to remove abandoned equipment from an expedition in the 1980s.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2024 - 11:04 UTC

  Argentina: Nahuel Huapi National Park joins list of places affected by wildlfires

  

  While wildfires in Argentina's Los Alerces National Park in the province of Chubut are far from being under control and the situation in Chile keeps getting worse by the hour, a new fire has been reported in the Nahuel Huapi National Park covering the skiing resort of Bariloche with smoke.

• Monday, February 5th 2024 - 11:01 UTC

  Chile: Multiple wildfires leave 112 dead; could be more, Boric warns

  

  According to the latest bulletin from Chilean authorities Sunday, at least 112 people had been killed as wildfires kept multiplying nationwide during the weekend, particularly in the Valparaiso region. Some 40,000 people have been left homeless or displaced, it was also reported.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:47 UTC

  Heat wave grips Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil

  

  Media reports all across the Southern Cone Friday underlined the heat wave affecting Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay with temperatures reaching 48 degrees Celsius and forecast to remain around or above 40 degrees for several days.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:28 UTC

  At least 10 killed in simultaneous wildfires across Chile

  

  At least ten people were reported Friday to have died in Chile as forest firest gripped the Valparaíso area, where President Gabriel Boric Font decreed a state of emergency.