Building ground-based system to measure atmospheric changes and to deliver the information in real time In South America, important environmental challenges include aerosols* from volcanic ash, forest ...

South America has first-rate institutions (e.g. Pasteur Institute ... human rights and support for effective multilateralism, defence of the environment). The role of States in the region in the ...

The huge swell struck the coastline of Peru, Chile, and Ecuador one day after an environmental emergency was declared in the wake of an oil spill in the region ...

A joint declaration has been signed between nine nations from Asia and South America to save river dolphins from extinction. The document was signed in the Colombian capital of Bogotá between ...

South America is in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, with the Equator running directly through the continent. The Tropic of Capricorn also runs through South America. The Pacific Ocean ...