The Facts About Rip Currents
What is a Rip Current? A rip current (also known as a rip) is a specific type of water current...
ENVIRONMENT
Total Solar Eclipse April 8th 2024
NASA Urges the Public to ‘Shoot the Total Solar Eclipse’ — And Drops Five Tips. NASA has published a...
High Temperatures and Fires
Caution: A surveillance notice about the spread of fires and high temperatures has been issued in the last 24 hours....
Bottled Water Advisory
We have a new writer in town who wanted me to pass along this message. We will call her Sam...
March 22nd is World Water Day
March 22nd is World Water Day, an iconic date established in 1992 during the United Nations Conference on Environment and...
Solar power benefits Panama during heatwave
The prolonged dry season that Panama is experiencing with the El Niño phenomenon, and the arrival of the summer...
Climate change threatens future of The Panama Canal
Global shipping companies excited by the potential new routes that climate change and melting ice are opening up around...
Landfill crisis a time bomb for health and environment – SIP
The Industrial Union of Panama (SIP) questions the Government's delay in the bidding process to choose a new contractor...
Toxic Smoke Warning Highlights Garbage Crisis
Yesterday, once again, the capital city woke up covered in a layer of toxic smoke caused by a fire...
Patacon fire triggers pollution and smoke warning
A surveillance notice for pollution and smoke dispersion was issued Friday, January 19, by the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc), by the forecasts of the Institute...
OPINION: Time to appoint a new Environment Minister
What appear to be serious omissions by the Ministry of the Environment (Miambiente) in the inspections that it was...
Panama Canal ended 2023 with 30% less rain and no new reservoirs in sight
The year 2023 ended and the Panama Canal reservoir systems recorded a significant rainfall deficit. A 30% decrease in...
