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Less than 10% of the Spanish population denies climate change

84% of the Spanish population believes that climate change is occurring on the planet and 76% attributes it to man's own actions. These figures...

The Aemet confirms a small drop in temperatures in these areas of Spain

This Tuesday, Spain will continue to be under the influence of high pressure in most of the country with slightly cloudy skies, little rain...

First image of a baby white shark: even the most feared animals have offspring

The novel Jaws, published by Peter Benchley in 1973, and, above all, the film of the same name directed by Steven Spielberg (1975) made...

Joan Solé i Pla, the politician, doctor and botanist who was the other Catalan...

Wooton Rivers is a small village in Wiltshire, located a hundred kilometers south-west of London. Sitting in a corner of the local pub, The...

They set up an outdoor 'gourmet' buffet to prevent brown bears from approaching the...

The expansion of the brown bear, a species that lives in Asturias, Castilla y León and Galicia, has generated some inconveniences. The main one...

The Aemet warns that spring weather will continue throughout Spain until this day

The weather in Spain will continue to be marked by an anticyclone, which will leave slightly cloudy skies, almost no precipitation, temperatures more typical...

Aemet turnaround: the 17 provinces surprised by a radical change in the weather

This January is not going as expected. Spain has started 2024 with an exceptionally hot first month, a trend that does not seem to...

The Aemet warns that the early spring will last in almost all of Spain...

The early spring, with maximum temperatures above 20 degrees in many parts of Spain, will continue at least until the end of January, according...

A new system allows us to see in motion the colors with which animals...

Many animals, plants and fungi use a wide variety of shapes and colors to attract the attention of their conspecifics (for example, during sexual...

The Aemet marks the warmest day of the episode that will leave Spain with...

The presence of a powerful anticyclone over the peninsula will lead to a long episode of early spring in Spain, with anomalous values ??for...

The Aemet announces the arrival of an anticyclone that will raise temperatures throughout Spain

The intense cold and extreme temperatures that have been recorded in recent days throughout Spain have their hours numbered. This week the arrival of...

Maximum concern due to the extreme drought in Catalonia: the Sau reservoir, in recent

The Sau reservoir is the driest in the province of Barcelona and is at 5.1% of its capacity due to the extreme drought that...

The Aemet forgets about the storm Juan and predicts maximum heat values

Spain says goodbye to Storm Juan and welcomes an anticyclone that promises to completely change the weather outlook for the week. After days of...

The Aemet is clear: the storm Juan shakes Spain with wild winds and freezing...

Storm Juan has burst into Spain with enormous force, changing the country's climate panorama. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued a series of...

Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.5% in 2023 in Catalonia

Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.5% in 2023 in Catalonia, according to a provisional estimate carried out by the Public Emissions Monitor of Catalonia...

The Aemet warns of the last blows of Storm Irene: rains and winds in...

Storm Irene will continue to leave rain and strong winds this Thursday, up to 80 kilometers per hour, a forecast that has led the...

The Government prohibits ice rinks, foam parties and water games in emergency

The Catalan Government has finalized all the definitive content that the Drought Plan will have when it enters the emergency phase. In this sense,...

The Aemet activates the yellow warning in these communities due to the arrival of...

The Atlantic storm Irene will leave abundant cloudiness this Tuesday with rainfall affecting most of the Peninsula, generally weak and occasional. The rains will...

They analyze 280 water samples from 20 brands and only one of them is...

The presence of microplastics or nanoplastics in water intended for human consumption - even in very small quantities - is a reason for growing...

The Aemet warns of the arrival of a train of storms: these will be...

A train of storms this week will leave rainfall in much of the territory and abundant cloudiness, although by the end a stabilization of...

The Aemet predicts an anomalous February: more heat and less rain in Spain

We have already left practically half of January behind, but all eyes are on what February will bring us. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet)...

The Aemet indicates the community most affected by the Hipólito storm and until when...

After the passage of DANA, the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) points to a stabilization of the weather on the Peninsula with a predominance of...

How plastic pellets behave in the marine environment

It is estimated that between 52,000 and 184,000 tons of plastic pellets are dumped into the ocean each year due to poor management in...

Iceland will drill into a magma chamber to obtain unlimited geothermal energy

Iceland is preparing to take a giant step in energy matters. For more than ten years, the company Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) has been...

The Aemet warns of a radical change in the weather after the rains and...

Isolated depression at high levels (DANA) has its hours numbered. The current winter episode, which has forced the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) to activate...

Prize for the 5 scientists who found the key to global warming in the...

The XVI BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, in its Climate Change modality, recognizes this year the work of five European researchers who paved...

Galicia raises the alert to level 2 due to the dumping of plastic pellets...

Galicia has finally given in and has raised the alert to level 2 due to the presence of plastic pellets on its beaches, so...

The Aemet warns of extreme temperatures: in these provinces they will reach 8 degrees...

Unstable weather is expected this Tuesday, marked by the approach of an isolated depression at high levels (DANA) to the north of the peninsula...

Is it going to snow in Barcelona during the polar cold wave?

The city of Barcelona is in suspense before the arrival of a polar cold wave and the possibility of snowfall during the second week...

New winners and losers in agriculture due to climate change

Agriculture generates 30% of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change and, in turn, will be one of the sectors most affected by global...

The Aemet warns of the arrival of a DANA in Spain that will leave...

Spain returns to the routine with very cold, wind and with an Isolated Depression at High Levels (DANA) around the corner, according to the...

Spain prepares for a storm that could mitigate the water crisis

A storm is approaching Spain. Next week there may be a drastic weather change, with the arrival of a storm that promises to alleviate...

The expected rains are coming: an Aemet meteorologist announces the imminent opening of the...

While some regions of Spain, such as the Western Cantabrian Sea, maintain or even improve their water reserves, other areas suffer from serious shortages....

A bluefin tuna reaches 719,000 euros in Japan, marking the fourth highest price in...

A bluefin tuna was sold this Friday for 114 million yen (about 719,000 euros) in the traditional first auction of the year at the...

The Aemet activates warnings in these 14 communities on Three Kings' Eve due to...

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated warnings in up to 14 autonomous communities for this Friday, the eve of Three Kings Day, due...

Four-legged passive smokers: tobacco smoke increases the risk of cancer in dogs

Health problems in passive smokers have been studied and demonstrated for years. Now, innovative veterinary work shows that pets that breathe air contaminated by...

The Aemet gives the forecast for the night and day of Three Kings: very...

Very warm and with an umbrella in hand. This is how those attending the parades organized to receive their majesties will have to go,...

Quadrantids 2024: time, where and how to see the first meteor shower of the...

This Wednesday the first meteor shower of 2024 will occur: the quadrantids, which could reach an activity rate above 120 fleeting meteors per hour...

118 notices for garbage black spots: citizen participation with the Libera Project

More and more people are becoming aware of the abandonment of garbage (garbage in nature) and it is already a concern among society. For...

The Aemet warns of the entry of an arctic air mass for Three Kings...

The week of Three Kings will be marked by cold and frost in Spain, phenomena that will be preceded by rain in the southern...