Thirty-six emergency service personnel carried out further searches for the missing French couple today.
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The working group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature has approved the creation of 33 new areas of Importance for Marine Mammals, four of which cover Portugal
The presence of pelagic sargassum in the archipelago of Madeira has given rise to a collaborated publication with scientists from the Natural History Museum.
A French couple aged 58 and 56 years old have been missing since yesterday in the Calhau area in São Vicente.
16.3.2024 We met in the Gallery and saw “Eco-anxiety to Climate Optimism” Lyn Stoler spoke about Eco-Anxiety and how to combat it. Some of the numbers she came up sounded unreal. Maybe we should rather use the term “sustainability”. Two of our members already practise this in their B &…
"In Search of the Critically Endangered European Eel on Oceanic Islands: A Pioneering Study in the Freshwater Systems of Madeira, Macaronesia" is the name of the scientific research paper now published on what is the only native freshwater fish in the Macaronesia Region, the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). It is also known in the region as eiró or iró.
The Captaincy of Funchal has updated its strong wind and sea agitation warning, according to information received from the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA).
February 2024 is expected to be the hottest February ever in the region since records began.
On Sunday, the 3rd of March, at 10:00, defenders of the Curral das Freiras cable car project will take to the streets, praising the importance of what they claim to be "the largest private investment and the best project for the growth of the rural economy" in the parish.
Despite danger warnings posted throughout the Guindaste Viewpoint, Faial area;
The landslide that occurred last night next to Clube Naval do Funchal, caused minimal damage although a car was buried under the debris.
An earthquake registering 3.6 on the Richter scale was recorded this morning in the archipelago of Madeira at 08:26.
In 2023, the Porto Moniz Lifeguard Station recorded 18 incidents of people falling or being dragged into the sea.
The fundraiser began last year in the wake of the fires that devastated much of the island's north and west coast.
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), through its institutional Facebook page, confirms that the section between Poço da Neve and Pico do Areeiro will be closed from the 5th of February until further notice due to cleaning work. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com