An alliance of 26 NGOs denounces Spain to the EU for failing to meet...
An alliance made up of 26 civil society entities has decided to change its strategy to respond to insufficient waste management in Spain. They...
New episode of the El Niño phenomenon this year: alert from the World Meteorological...
The climatic phenomenon or pattern known as El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the cyclical alterations of oceanic and atmospheric conditions...
Spain dumps garbage that occupies the surface of 800 soccer fields every year
A total of 10.9 million tons of municipal waste go to landfills every year in Spain, according to data from the Ministry for Ecological...
This was the dinosaur capable of emitting sounds similar to those of a bird
All the dinosaurs did not make the same sounds, but some were capable of making calls similar to those of birds, according to a...
Unusual images of the nearly 10-meter-long ghost jellyfish that live in the Antarctic
The existence of the Stygiomedusa gigantea, known as the giant ghost jellyfish (because of its shape and size, it can reach 10 meters in...
Barcelona designs 30 actions to improve its Collserola slope
Barcelona has designed some thirty actions to improve the Barcelona side of the Collserola Natural Park. The initiative is added to other interventions already...
Samuel Reyes: "We could enter an emergency situation due to the drought in 4...
Samuel Reyes, director of the Agència Catalana de l'Aigua (ACA), warns that the Barcelona region "could enter an emergency situation in 4 or 5...
The UN reaches an agreement to protect 30% of the oceans by 2030
The member countries of the UN have reached after many years of debate a "historic" agreement to establish a treaty that protects the high...
Follow the success in social networks of the orcas that kill a great white...
The incredible scene of the attack of three orcas on a great white shark that went viral in 2022 continues to add views on...
Fires in the north of the planet broke their annual record for CO? emissions...
Fires in the boreal forest, the green ring that surrounds the Arctic, have been on the rise for two decades, with a high point...
Pablo Escobar's hippos are now a problem for the Colombian ecosystem
The Colombian government doesn't know what to do with the hippos that escaped from Pablo Escobar's former Hacienda Nápoles. It was the eighties when...
A study detects pollutants that end up in the sea in Mataró
The Institute for Environmental Diagnosis and Water Studies (IDAEA-CSIC) and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia - BarcelonaTech (UPC) have carried out the most exhaustive...
They create solar panels that can turn greenhouses into large power plants
The man-made structure that is most easily distinguished in Spain from space (see NASA photos for example), and much more so in plane flights,...
Summer heat in March: temperatures will exceed 30 degrees this weekend
The first week of March arrives with rain in a large part of the northern half of the peninsula and with a gradual rise...
The food production and consumption model will increase temperatures by almost 1ºC by the...
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with food production and consumption could add almost 1ºC to the warming projected by the end of the century. This...
Plasticosis: a new disease caused by plastic that is affecting seabirds
Plastic pollution spreads throughout the planet and its effects reach multiple species, including humans. Until now, however, there are few studies on the health...
Catalonia demands financing from the Government to face future droughts
The Government does not want the central government to ignore the water problems in the Barcelona region. "It would be nice if the State...
Animal groups will denounce Lleida farmers who demonstrated against rabbits
The Animalist Party with the Environment (Pacma) and the association for the defense of animal rights Lex Ànima have announced the presentation of complaints...
Smoke from fires erodes the ozone layer
A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States has found that the smoke particles that pump fires into...
The oceans accumulate 170 trillion pieces of plastic: 21,000 pieces of waste for each...
The oceans and large seas of the planet currently accumulate some 170 trillion pieces of plastic, a figure that is equivalent to some 21,000...
Denmark opens the world's first CO2 graveyard in the depths of the North Sea
Denmark, which was the first country in the world to bury CO2 imported from abroad, on Wednesday inaugurated a carbon dioxide storage site 1,800...
5 hunters sentenced to almost 5 years in prison for killing and skinning two...
The Thong Pha Phum District Court, in the Thai province of Kanchanaburi, has sentenced each of the five defendants for the death of an...
An international team completes the brain map of the fruit fly
A group of researchers has completed the most advanced brain map to date, that of an insect, a historic achievement in neuroscience that brings...
New test of bee intelligence: dance is a skill learned at a young age
In the human species, an important part of the knowledge and skills are transmitted between individuals, and from one generation to another, by observation...
David Biello: Are We Alone in the Universe?
About the Episode Is the universe our only home? We travel the cosmos together with TED science curator David Biello to find extraterrestrial...
Scientists believe that the Earth's magnetic poles are not about to flip.
According to a new study, the Earth's geomagnetic field that scientists have warned about for hundreds and years isn't about suddenly turning over. ...
Lake Tahoe divers discover a shipwreck, a diamond ring and tons of trash.
They did not find any evidence of a mythical sea monster or mobsters hiding in cement shoes or long-lost treasure boxes. Scuba divers...
600 bees discovered in wall of couple's house: "You could hear their buzzing"
A total of 6,000 honeybees were removed from the 100-year-old Omaha home of a couple. Marylu and Thomas Gouttierre explained to the Omaha...
Doctors propose new names for low-grade prostate carcinoma
Nearly all prostate cancers develop as men age. Prostate cancer is the leading cause of death for about 34,000 Americans each year. However, treatment can...
National Zoo celebrates 50 Years with Pandas eating ice-cream
As the National Zoo celebrated 50 years of the iconic panda exchange with China, the most prominent tenants of the National Zoo enjoyed a...
U.S. states split on nuclear as they race to reduce carbon emissions
As states move away from oil, coal and natural gas, nuclear power is becoming a viable option to fill the gaps. It can also...
Search for life on other worlds tops astronomy to-do list
CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) -- For the next 10 years, astronomers in the United States have put the search for extraterrestrial intelligence at the top...
Vaccines, masks? Japan puzzled by sudden viral success
Daily COVID-19 new cases have fallen from an August peak of almost 6,000 in Tokyo. Caseloads in densely populated areas are now below 100,...
FDA panel endorses lower-dose Moderna COVID shot for booster
A panel of outside advisors to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended a booster shot for seniors as well as younger adults who...
William Shatner, TV's Captain. Kirk blasts into space
Star Trek actor James T. Kirk and three other passengers flew to 66.5 miles (107 km) above the West Texas desert in the fully-automated...
Next FDA agenda: J&J and Moderna booster shots
This week, federal regulators will begin to address this question. The Food and Drug Administration will convene its independent advisors on Thursday and Friday to...
Nobel Peace Prize for journalists Ressa & Muratov
Ressa and Muratov were recognized for their courage and were also considered representatives of all journalists who advocate this ideal in a world where...
California's oil spillage occurred 52 years after the historic oil disaster
It still ranks in the top of human-caused catastrophes in the United States. It is also the third-largest oil-related spillage in the country, after the 2010 Deepwater...
The US has enough COVID-19 vaccinations to provide boosters and kids' shots
This spike in demand, which is expected to follow last week's federal recommendations on booster shots, would mark the first significant increase in months. Over 70...
CDC endorses COVID boosters for millions of older Americans
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the CDC, signed off late Thursday on a number of recommendations made by a panel. Advisors recommended that boosters be...