News of climate

Climate change devastated dinosaurs not once, but twice

02-12-2020 18:27 Most people know that land-dwelling dinosaurs were wiped out some 66 million years ago when an asteroid crashed into Earth. What most people don't know is that more than 100 million years earlier, another climate change cataclysm devastated a different set of dinosaur species, with many going extinct. 

US vote to shape how world warms as climate pact exit looms

02-11-2020 17:10 The two US presidential candidates have stark differences on fighting human-caused climate change. Experts say the outcome of Tuesday's election will determine to some degree just how hot and nasty the world will get in the future.

UN report: Increased warming closing in on agreed upon limit

09-09-2020 08:37 A hotter world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report released on Wednesday.

Ex-Costa Rica president Laura Chinchilla pitches IDB top job candidacy

03-09-2020 11:56 Laura Chinchilla, former president of Costa Rica, is considered a long-shot in the race to head the Inter-American Development Bank, but is positioning herself as a moderate alternative to US President Donald Trump's nomination, Mauricio Claver-Carone.

City of Buenos Aires recognised by NGO for leadership on climate climate

27-02-2020 12:18 Carbon Disclosure Project non-profit says Buenos Aires is one of four Latin American cities that are leading the way in efforts to tackle climate change.

Solar schooling: City school begins generating electricity for its neighbours

26-02-2020 15:53 Primary school in Villa Devoto installs 200 solar panels on its roof – enough to supply power to its buildings and to the wider neighbourhood.

by Claudio Corsalini

Latin America’s trash brims with hidden cash

24-01-2020 13:42 "Where there’s waste, there’s also opportunity. Latin Americans, belatedly, seem to be catching on," writes Marc Margolis.

by Mac Margolis

Climate crisis spawns tsunami of greenwashing

22-01-2020 16:52 From big tech to big oil, global corporations are churning out climate action plans to reduce carbon footprints – but many of their ambitious pledges are more greenwashing than green, experts caution.

'With this decision, Mendoza has regressed 12 years,' says co-author of Law 7722

24-12-2019 09:51 Lawyer and Cambia Mendoza provincial deputy Jorge Difonso on why protesters in Mendoza are taking to the streets in rejection of alterations made to legislation which restricted the use of dangerous chemicals in mining operations.

by Isabelle Margulies

Antarctica tourism: the quest for Earth's vulnerable extremes

13-12-2019 07:03 New luxurious adventure excursions give their guests an opportunity to get up close and personal with quickly-eroding natural beauty, but is the very presence of humans there contributing to the destruction of this frozen wondrous landscape?

Jane Fonda arrested for civil disobedience during climate change march

29-10-2019 17:14 A half-century after throwing her attention-getting celebrity status into Vietnam War protests, Fonda is now doing the same in a U.S. climate movement where the average age is 18.“My only issue with being arrested, for me, is being old,” joked Fonda.

Climate changing faster than politicians

19-10-2019 13:49 If climate change clearly topped the agenda at last month’s United Nations General Assembly, it is being given extremely short shrift at tomorrow’s presidential debate.

Anger and environmental idealism

19-10-2019 08:30 The thrust of our political, economic and environmental systems must be urgently changed because their divergence is catastrophic.

by Ricardo Lorenzetti

Environment drops off radar after four years of contradictions

19-10-2019 08:09 Experts say the Macri administration is trying to have it both ways when it comes to environmental policies. And worryingly, the outlook doesn’t look much better under a potential government led by Alberto Fernández.

by Fermin Koop

Thousands protest in capital as part of global #FridaysForFuture movement

28-09-2019 02:59 Apart from Buenos Aires, other major urban centres including Córdoba, Mar del Plata, Rosario, La Plata, Bahía Blanca, Neuquén, Bariloche, Salta, and San Luis held marches.

by Maria Gracia Santillana

Scientists brave crisis to continue research at Venezuela's last glacier

24-09-2019 18:29 The rapid pace of glacial retreat over the past century and a half, accelerated by human activities and burning of fossil fuels, creates new urgency for scientists to understand how freshly exposed rock forms new soil and eventually new ecosystems.

The massive cost of not adapting to climate change

13-09-2019 12:11 The world must invest $1.8 trillion by 2030 to prepare for the effects of global warming. A new report said the payoff could be four times that.

Chilean Patagonia: an open-air lab to study climate change

04-09-2019 12:50 In one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, scientists are studying whales, dolphins and algae in order to help predict how climate change will affect the world's oceans.

Leonid Bershidsky: The EU can push Bolsonaro to save the Amazon

23-08-2019 13:59 It’s appropriate for Macron, Merkel and other European leaders to reconsider the Mercosur trade agreement in response to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s behaviour.

Macron: France won't back EU-Mercosur deal over Bolsonaro's climate 'lies'

23-08-2019 10:19 Outraged over the Amazon fires, French president brands Brazilian counterpart a liar and threatens to block EU-Mercosur trade deal "under these conditions."