US says world experienced hottest November in 134 years
Email this page WASHINGTON, December 17, 2013 (AFP) – The month of November was the hottest experienced on Earth since record-keeping began in 1880, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said last week. The finding was based on globally averaged land and ocean surface temperatures last month, NOAA said in a statement. “The combined […]
4.6 quake shakes Vara Blanca, Heredia
Email this page December 23rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) An earthquake measuring 4.6 magnitude on the Richter scale shook Vara Blanca, Heredia, yesterday evening. The quake struck at 4:52 p.m. Seismologists said the quake was caused by subduction of the Cocos plate. The quake was felt in several areas of the country. There were no […]
Proposal would create new Marine Management Area in Nandayure
Email this page December 16th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The environmental agency known as Pretoma and the Fishermen’s Association of Bejuco de Nicoya have submitted a petition to the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) to create a new Marine Management Area in Nandayure, Guanacaste. The proposed area is surrounded by the Caletas-Ario and Camaronal wildlife […]
Scientists Discover Super Greenhouse Gas
Email this page December 11th, 2013 (VOA) Scientists say they have discovered a man-made greenhouse gas 7,100 times as strong as carbon dioxide. More bad news: It has a lifetime of hundreds of years. Researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada say the chemical – perfluorotributylamine (PFTBA) – is the most radiatively efficient chemical found […]
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake rocks Playas del Coco, surrounding area
Email this page UPDATE: The United States Geological Service (USGS) has reported the quake as magnitude 5.1. December 10th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck very near to the popular beach community of Playas del Coco, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. The Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) […]
Scientists discover vast undersea freshwater reserves
Email this page December 5, 2013 (AFP) – Australian researchers said Thursday they had established the existence of vast freshwater reserves trapped beneath the ocean floor which could sustain future generations as current sources dwindle. Lead author Vincent Post, from Australia’s Flinders University, said that an estimated 500,000 cubic kilometres (120,000 cubic miles) of low-salinity […]
More than three hundred species in Costa Rica joined the global endangered list this year
Email this page December 2nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Peccary, a pig-like mammal known locally as a “chancho de monte,” is a species that lives in Costa Rica and which joins 332 other species in Costa Rica to join this year’s Red List of threatened or endangered species, developed by the International Union for Conservation of […]
U.S. will support Costa Rica in use of reduced-risk pesticides
Email this page November 21st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The United States will provide technical support to Costa Rica to increase use of “reduced-risk” pesticides, which have a lesser impact on the environment, official sources said yesterday. The aid was agreed to yesterday by the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the State Phytosanitary Service […]
