Falklands, prestigious awards for the design of Tussac House

Monday, October 13th 2025 - 18:55 UTC Craig Walding, Director at ONE and their Client Lead for the Falkland Islands, commented: “This has been an incredible project working with a fantastic team on the Islands”. Tussac House, the first...

US researchers launch historic first circumnavigation with autonomous vehicle

Teledyne Marine and Rutgers University are launching an autonomous underwater vehicle on a first-ever, five-year global mission to collect data for ocean scientists. Teledyne’s Redwing, the most advanced commercial subsea glider ever developed,...

“Ticket to Antarctica,” Fleet of BAS airplanes heading from Canada to Rothera research station

Thursday, October 9th 2025 - 08:54 UTC UK’s Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula, a vast journey broken down across 11 stops over North and South American continents, including Falklands The fleet of British Antarctic Survey, BAS,...

SAERI Research into Illex abundance in Falklands waters

New research investigating the reasons behind changes in Illex squid abundance in Falkland’s waters has been published by the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute. The study aims to highlight how the species is affected by different...

Falklands, “knowledge gap” with the Loligo fishery, environmentally sensitive

Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 08:20 UTC The second Loligo squid season in the Falkland Islands fishery has been brought to an early close, finishing around a week sooner than expected. The daily monitoring of the catch showed the biomass had...

'An honest mistake' - Sedgley councillor denies being dishonest about his past after 'naive' medals error at Falklands event

Councillor Damian Corfield says claims he faked being a military veteran and gaining high-level qualifications are unfounded. The Conservative council cabinet member and Dudley armed forces champion has been the subject of repeated attacks on...

Sentinel mission marks new era in global ocean observation

In a world-first for marine science and technology, Teledyne Marine, in collaboration with Rutgers University–New Brunswick, are undertaking a pioneering mission to circumnavigate the globe with an autonomous underwater glider. Using Teledyne’s...

Falklands outstands at Young Marine Researchers international conference in Germany

Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 19:04 UTC The group of participants at ICYMARE, ‘International Conference for Young Marine Researchers’ in Bremerhaven, Germany. Most attendees were fellow PhD students. By Amy Guest, SAERI PhD and University of...

Falklands approves creation of a 29.240 acres National Park at the Hill Cove Mountains

Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 19:10 UTC The Hill Cove Mountains National Park will be the first higher altitude protected area in the Falkland Islands, covering 11,833 hectares (29,240 acres) of public land. (Pic FIG) The Falkland Islands...

Falklands, MPC Met Office presentation on rotor activity and the LIDAR Project

Monday, September 22nd 2025 - 11:29 UTC The LiDAR project, to realize potential benefits for rotor observing and forecasting – what has been achieved so far, current work strands, and future plans. Next Tuesday 23rd September at 5PM there will be...

Endurance Shipwreck Reveals We Were Wrong About the Legendary Ship

For over a century, Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance has been mythologized as the Titanic of the Antarctic. It’s considered to be a cautionary tale about a ship built to withstand anything, so much so that its hubris was built into its name. Of...

Wars are engineered long before they are fought

News about the outbreak of war is usually sold as something sudden and unexpected. However, most conflicts rarely involve a spontaneous outbreak of violence. Of course, planning does not guarantee fighting. Nations keep shelves full of contingency...

It may look like a wolf, but don't be fooled. DNA of Darwin's Falkland Islands wolf reveals a far stranger truth

The Falkland Islands wolf, famously described by Charles Darwin nearly 200 years ago, was unusual in that it didn’t seem to fear humans at all. During his second survey expedition, the naturalist noted it as “a large wolf-like fox”. It was the...

Falklands agriculture, grants for the Land Recovery Program

Sunday, September 14th 2025 - 14:40 UTC Some of the eroded shore line in islands of the archipelago recovered with Tussock grass tufts The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) Department of Agriculture has launched a new Land Recovery Program (LRP),...

Last Falklands War submariner (Churchill and Vanguard Classes) retires after 46 years RN

Monday, September 22nd 2025 - 23:09 UTC Mr Hutchinson served as a control room watch-keeper during the submarine’s mission in the Falklands conflict. The last serving Falklands War submariner from HMS Conqueror has retired after 46 years in the...

The Deadliest Post-WWII U.S. Aircraft, Ranked by Confirmed Kills

Key Points The Jet Age began in the wake of World War 2, when technology made a massive leap and more fighter aircraft began incorporating jet engines to their design Better tech and design gave way to many of the iconic fighter aircraft we know...

‘Indiana Jones of the deep’ reveals race against shipwreck looters

The “Indiana Jones of the deep” has revealed his fears that the looting of shipwrecks is being made easier by technological advances and has said his life “is a race against the bands of looters and plunderers”. Mensun Bound, who discovered Sir...

Thatcher 100th anniversary: Discord or harmony?

Sharon Edwards ShareSave Opinion remains sharply divided on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, pictured at the Conservative conference in Blackpool in October 1981 She was the country's first female prime minister and a leader whose impact defined a...

New study links squid abundance around Falklands to ocean conditions

Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 19:52 UTC Researchers Dr. Tobias Buring, Dr. Alastair M. Baylis, and Dr. Paul Brickle combined extensive oceanographic datasets with advanced modelling techniques A new study has developed an innovative model to...

Margaret Thatcher: A Chemist’s Path to Political Power

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, née Roberts, also known as the “Iron Lady”—a nickname reportedly given to her by a Russian journalist and associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style was the longest-serving British...