The Navy, through the Funchal Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Subcentre, carried out 10 missions in the first six months of this year, saving eleven lives.
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An aircraft that left Porto Santo shortly after noon today and was seen flying up and down the south coast from west to east created a lot of curiosity among those who were using Flightradar 24 to track its movements.
A team from the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the Regional Laboratory of Veterinary and Food Safety of Madeira (LRVSA), the Maritime Police, the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN-IP-RAM), and LIDH Foundation (Go Deeper-EmPowered by Yamaha Programme) are currently stationed at Selvagem Grande conducting a sampling campaign for the collection of fish potentially contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTX).
An analysis by sustainable transport group Transport & Environment reveals that Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest luxury cruise operator, emitted nearly 10 times more sulfur oxides (SOX) in European seas than all 260 million European cars in 2017.
The University of Minho (Portugal), in partnership with Fibrenamics and Sciencentris, will host the 6th International Conference on Natural Fibers (ICNF2023) on the 19th, 20th, and 21st of June, at VidaMar Resort Hotel, in Funchal, Madeira.
A new hybrid orchid has been created and named after the city of Funchal.
Madeira has recorded a new national historical maximum value of precipitation, during the passage of Storm Oscar through the region, announced the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA).
Today's rain has exceeded red-level warning limits in three mountainous areas overlooking the city of Funchal, said the Regional Delegate of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), Victor Prior.
As expected, said Victor Prior, the Regional Delegate of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea, the regions mountainous regions have been the most affected by Storm Oscar. So far the highest levels of rainfall have been recorded at Chão do Arieiro (1,500 meters of altitude), Pico Alto (1,000 m),…
The Civil Protection Service of Madeira today issued recommendations to the population due to the arrival of Depression Oscar. The archipelago is on a red alert for 24 hours, from 15:00 hours on Monday.
Yesterday at 18:07, a minor earthquake measuring 2.3 was recorded off the southwest coast of Ponta do Sol.
FUNCHAL SENSITIZES HOTELIERS TO THE CORRECT USE OF URBAN WASTEWATER NETWORKS Article | 24/05/2023 12:12 TASTE The Municipality of Funchal carried out a marine impact awareness seminar based at hoteliers operating along the capital’s coastline. This action is part of a set of measures that the municipality…
Co-financed by EU funds the new 'Fishmetric' system will now be introduced ensuring reliable control over food safety.
According to the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea website, a 2.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the north coast of Madeira (Madeira Tore) at 03:53 this morning.
Last night, the 15th of May, a mini 1.7 Richter Scale earthquake was recorded off the south coast of Ribeira Brava at 22:47.