News of weather

Incoming UN climate agency chief forecasts wind of change

03-06-2023 08:34 Celeste Saulo, the head of Argentina's Servicio Meteorológico Nacional since 2014 and the new incoming head of the UN's weather and climate agency, insists it's not too late to change how the climate crisis story ends.

ENVIRONMENT

Celeste Saulo elected first female chief of World Meteorological Organization

01-06-2023 08:42 Celeste Saulo, who has headed Argentina's weather agency since 2014, elected as the first female leader of UN climate agency.

ENVIRONMENT

Argentine in running to be UN weather agency's next chief

31-05-2023 10:13 The World Meteorological Organization, which plays a critical global role in tracking climate change, chooses a new leader this week to turbocharge that work over the next four years. UBA professor and the WMO's first vice-president Celeste Saulo is among the frontunners.

ENVIRONMENT

Buenos Aires hit by smoke and burning smell due to Uruguayan fire

24-04-2023 18:11 Buenos Aires and its suburbs were engulfed in a blanket of smoke and the smell of burning on Monday due to a fire in neighbouring Uruguay.

CLIMATE CHANGE

March heat, Antarctic ice close to records: monitor

06-04-2023 15:46 Earth had its joint second-warmest March on record with Antarctic sea ice shrinking to its second-lowest extent for that month, the EU's climate monitoring agency said on Thursday.

WINE PRODUCTION

Race against time to rescue Argentina’s wine grapes

23-03-2023 00:52 Argentina's grape 2023 harvest will not exceed 15.4 million tons, according to projections by the National Institute of Vitiviniculture (INV). That's 40% less than a normal year.

SCORCHING SUMMER

Forests in Corrientes Province burn amid heatwave, drought

14-03-2023 21:27 Raging fires have devoured some 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres) of forests in Corrientes Province in just days, officials reported Tuesday.

SCORCHING SUMMER

Students in Santa Fe bring swimsuits to school as heatwave continues

14-03-2023 14:08 A primary school in Santa Fe Province has adopted an unusual approach to tackling the sweltering summer temperatures – it told students to come to school with their swimming gear.

ENVIRONMENT

Heat and cold records broken in just five days in Argentina

17-02-2023 22:25 Argentina broke records for heat and cold within a short window of just five days this week, with temperatures plummeting a jaw-dropping 30 degrees Celsius as a heatwave gave way to historic snowfalls.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change link uncertain in Argentina’s severe drought

16-02-2023 14:02 New study by the World Weather Attribution finds that while climate change likely exacerbated Argentina's ongoing dry spell, it has not necessarily caused a decrease in rainfall.

SWELTERING SUMMER

National Meteorological Service issues health warnings amid record heatwave

11-02-2023 15:17 Buenos Aires residents awoke Saturday to temperatures of 36 degrees Celisus with a predicted high of 38 degrees Celisus, which would be the highest in February in 61 years.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentine grain harvests threatened by persistent drought

16-01-2023 17:53 Drought fears realised as Argentina loses half of soybean crop in main growing area; Experts warn that "economic losses will be substantial," with grain exports expected to slump by 21% in "best-case" scenario.

AGRICULTURE

Agricultural producers count the cost of prolonged drought

04-11-2022 10:05 As much as 75% of agricultural land has been affected by drought, as a La Niña weather pattern persists and the effects of climate change intensify.

ENVIRONMENT

Severe storms swell Iguazú falls to 10 times normal flow

13-10-2022 17:09 Closures as famed Iguazú waterfalls on the border between Argentina and Brazil have registered 10 times their usual water volume after heavy rains.

Bloomberg

World food prices post biggest decline since 2008 in July

05-08-2022 20:39 Global food prices fell the most since 2008 after concerns over supplies of grains and vegetable oils eased as Ukraine moved toward restarting exports.

WEATHER PROBLEMS

Blizzard strands 200, prompts evacuations in Andes near Argentina-Chile border

10-07-2022 17:43 Some 200 people, mostly tourists and truckers, were stranded Sunday by a fierce snowstorm in the Andes mountains near the Argentina-Chile border, with temperatures plunging well below freezing, local officials said.

DISASTER IN BRAZIL

Race to find survivors after Brazil floods, landslides kill 104

17-02-2022 15:28 Rescuers raced against the clock Thursday to find survivors among the mud and wreckage caused by devastating flash floods and landslides that killed 104 people in the picturesque Brazilian city of Petrópolis.

Tragedy in Rio de Janeiro state

Torrential rain kills 44 in Brazil tourist town of Petrópolis

16-02-2022 13:00 At least 44 people have been killed after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis.

SOARING TEMPERATURES

700,000 left without power in Argentina as temperatures soar

11-01-2022 23:12 Approximately 700,000 users across Greater Buenos Aires suffered a lengthy power cut on Tuesday as temperatures hit sweltering highs, soaring above 40 degrees Celsius.

Bloomberg

La Niña is set to deliver drought to Argentina's soybean crop

29-11-2021 20:50 La Niña is set to wreak havoc during Argentina’s upcoming summer, when soybean and corn plants will be growing across the Pampas farm belt.

ENVIRONMENT

Greenhouse gas levels reach record high amid COP26 worries

25-10-2021 15:00 Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached record levels last year, the United Nations said on Monday in a stark warning ahead of the COP26 summit.

BLOOMBERG

Priciest food since 1970s is a big challenge for governments

15-09-2021 10:41 Governments across the world know that rising food costs can come with a political price. The dilemma is whether they can do enough to prevent having to pay it.

Climate change

UN: Weather, climate disasters surge fivefold in 50 years

01-09-2021 15:33 On average, a disaster linked to weather, climate and water extremes has thus occurred every single day over the past 50 years, killing 115 people and causing US$202 million in daily losses, according to new report.