Europe heats up twice as much as the planet from the Arctic and heatwaves
In 2023, Europe experienced its warmest year on record, ranking either first or second, depending on the inclusion of Greenland's data. The average temperature...
NGOs ask for more guarantees of environmental protection in the face of the deployment...
The large Spanish environmental organizations have asked the Ministry for the Ecological Transition for more guarantees of protection of marine biological diversity and social...
The Aemet warns that an arctic air mass will plummet temperatures throughout Spain
The beginning of the week will be marked by a "sharp" drop in temperatures due to the emergence of an arctic air mass, which...
Four endangered Dorcas gazelles are born at the Barcelona Zoo
Barcelona Zoo has welcomed four new Dorcas gazelle calves since the beginning of the year, making an important contribution to conservation efforts for this...
Mascort refuses to withdraw the decree on public and private swimming pools
The Minister of Climate Action, David Mascort, has ruled out modifying or remaking the Government's drought decree that leaves in the hands of the...
Why is it so controversial to declare the Anthropocene a new geological epoch?
Prehistory, the Middle Ages or the Contemporary Age represent popularly known concepts. These are part of the system that, broadly speaking, divides the different...
Warming Antarctic waters raise sea level in the North Atlantic
The effects of climate change recorded in the waters and ice in the Southern Ocean are contributing to sea level rise in the North...
Climate change takes its toll: the world economy may lose 19% by mid-century
The global economy could register a reduction of 19% by 2049 due to the damage associated with climate change, according to an updated projection...
The Arc Metropolità judges it “unmanageable” that private pools are climate refuges
The Associació de Municicipis de l'Arc Metropolitana de Barcelona, ??which brings together nine large cities in the second metropolitan ring, has described as “unmanageable”...
The Aemet confirms the arrival of a DANA that will leave rain over the...
The final stretch of the week will be marked by drops in temperature, with frost on the northern plateau and in the moors of...
The Aemet warns of two opposite scenarios: up to 30 degrees in the south...
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) draws two very different scenarios for the remainder of the week: high temperatures for the season in the center...
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst episode of "mass bleaching"
There is no respite for the Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral system in the world that stretches for 2,300 kilometers off the northeastern...
Why we should be talking about urban metabolism if we want more livable cities
More than half of the world's population already lives in cities and it is estimated that by 2050 this figure will increase to 75%....
The Aemet confirms a general drop in temperatures starting Wednesday
After a week with record values ??of up to 34 degrees, the first days of this week will be marked by insignificant rains in...
Recycling of domestic plastic, metal, brik, paper and cardboard packaging grew by 3.5% in...
The recycling of domestic plastic, metal, brik, paper and cardboard packaging managed by Ecoembes reached the record figure of 1,683,890 tons in 2023, which...
Environmentalists and consumers denounce Repsol before Competition and Consumer Affairs for 'greenwashing'
The organizations Ecologists in Action, Federation of Consumers and Users CECU and Greenpeace Spain have filed complaints for misleading environmental statements against the oil...
Three species of giant kangaroos that inhabited Australia 40,000 years ago have been identified
A group of researchers have identified three new extinct species of prehistoric giant kangaroos that inhabited Australia, the island of Tasmania and the island...
End of the 'spring' episode: the arrival of a trough brings cold and rain...
The episode of anomalous heat in April or spring in recent days gives way to a week with cold in the north of the...
The Aemet anticipates a week with little rain and high temperatures in this area...
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) predicts a "dry" week with little significant rainfall in the extreme north of the peninsula and temperatures above normal...
Octopuses could lose their sight due to warming oceans
Heat stress due to warming oceans could affect the vision of octopuses and compromise the ability of these animals to survive, even though climate...
The Aemet warns of summer temperatures with more than 30 degrees in these areas
The summer heat is anticipated from this Friday in Spain with the arrival of a mass of warm air. "Extraordinarily high temperatures for the...
'Two years to save the world': dramatic warning from UN climate leader
Dramatic, melodramatic?... Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN Climate Change), acknowledged on Wednesday, April 10, that...
The Aemet indicates in which areas of Spain temperatures will skyrocket starting Friday
Spain will experience a very hot episode with temperatures "more typical of the end of June than mid-April" due to the arrival of a...
UNESCO calls for greater investment by countries to protect the oceans
UNESCO calls on the international community to invest in scientific research to defend oceans that are increasingly threatened by pollution and warming, among other...
The Aemet warns that an African air mass will leave "exceptionally high" temperatures
The arrival of a mass of dry and warm African air will lead to an episode of "exceptionally high" temperatures, typical of the end...
PFAS or 'forever chemicals' contaminate drinking water globally
The presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (commonly known as PFAS) in surface and groundwater has spread to much of the planet and, in...
Today's solar eclipse, April 8, 2024: what time is it and in which cities...
This Monday we will experience one of the most attractive astronomical phenomena: a solar eclipse, which can be seen from many points on planet...
The Aemet identifies three oases of heat in the face of the coming cold...
Spain is preparing to face a drastic change in its meteorological conditions this Sunday, marked by the arrival of an Atlantic front that threatens...
The Aemet anticipates the hottest days this week with up to 30 degrees
Spain faces a few days of spring weather, with temperatures clearly rising from this Thursday and especially on Saturday, when 30 degrees could be...
80% of the gases that warm the Earth come from 57 oil and cement...
Most of the global CO2 emissions produced since the Paris Agreement (2016-2022) can be attributed to a small group of large private and state...
The definitive map to discover the largest and most beautiful sequoias in Catalonia and...
On October 10, 1769, the Franciscan explorer and missionary Joan Crespí Fiol, a member of one of the first expeditions led by Gaspar de...
The crazy ant is invading Barcelona: first nests located in Plaza Catalunya
The crazy ant (Paratrechina longicornis) is spreading through Barcelona and it is not ruled out that it is also present in other parts of...
This is how we should act if we find a dolphin stranded on the...
Enjoy a quiet walk along the shore of the beach and, suddenly, come across a stranded dolphin. It seems like a scene straight out...
The UN reports that electronic waste increases five times faster than recycling
The global generation of electronic waste is increasing five times faster than the documented recycling of this type of potentially polluting waste, according to...
The Generalitat prepares a map of the crazy ant invasion to know if it...
The recent detection of crazy ant nests (Paratrechina longicornis) in Plaza Catalunya, the Montjuïc cemetery and the Costa and Llobera gardens in Barcelona "is...
Koldo trap: the best defense for bees against attacks by invasive Asian wasps
The first specimens of the Asian wasp Vespa velutina detected in Europe were located near Bordeaux (France) in 2004, most likely arriving accidentally in...
Libera's citizen science campaign characterizes more than 77,000 abandoned waste
The seventh edition of the citizen science initiative '1m2 for rivers, lakes and reservoirs', of the Libera Project, an SEO/BirdLife initiative in alliance with...
New geography of wine: these are the losing and winning regions in the face...
The geography of wine is changing and will change much more in the coming years in up to 70% of the current growing and...
The bear population in the Pyrenees reaches 83 individuals, with the birth of 16...
The bear population in the Pyrenees continues to consolidate and in 2023 it reached the number of 83 specimens, with the birth that year...
Jane Goodall, 90 years of an icon for conservationism
British scientist Jane Goodall, best known for her work with primates in Tanzania since the 1960s, turns 90 years old this Wednesday.The ethologist, specialist...