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Spain’s tourism industry is at major risk from climate change, study warns: These areas face losing the most holidaymakers

SPAIN is facing a devastating cocktail of climate change phenomena that threatens to decimate its tourist industry. Alongside Italy, France, and the UK, Spain has

29 Aug, 2024 @ 16:00

Environment·Lead

Morocco ramps up its ‘cloud seeding’ programme amid fears it will affect Spain’s climate

SPAIN’S government has asked Morocco for more information about its extensive plans for cloud seeding to create rain. There are concerns that the initiative- part

29 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Environment·Lead·Weather

Tsunami expert warns southern Spain is NOT prepared for a monster wave – and that Monday’s earthquake off Portugal should serve as a warning

THE coast of southern Spain must be better prepared for a tsunami following an earthquake off Portugal this week, an expert has warned. Gregorio Gomez

28 Aug, 2024 @ 07:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment·Lead·Weather

Watch: Hair-raising moment tourist in Spain gets an octopus stuck to his back after night-time swim in the sea

THIS is the moment a tourist in Spain was left with an octopus on his back after a night-time dip in the sea. Footage shared

22 Aug, 2024 @ 23:00

Animals·Environment·Lead·Video

Climate change experts warn that up to 71 beaches will disappear across Spain’s Balearic Islands by the end of the century – unless drastic action is taken

UP to 71 beaches will disappear in the Balearic Islands by the end of the century if global warming is not reversed, according to a

21 Aug, 2024 @ 15:11

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead

Watch: Spain investigates the presence of great white sharks off coast of emerging tourist hotspot

SPANISH researchers are investigating the presence of great white sharks in the waters off northern Spain. While the animals are more often found in warmer,

21 Aug, 2024 @ 13:30

Animals·Environment·Lead·Video

‘Nervous’ ferry passenger in Spain is caught trying to smuggle three giant lizards belonging to a threatened species

THREE giant lizards have been seized in Spain after being found among a ferry passenger’s luggage. The 52-year-old man was searched by the Guardia Civil

20 Aug, 2024 @ 11:09

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

Volcano warning in Spain: Scientists draft emergency plans to evacuate locals and tourists after ‘alarming’ and ‘intense’ days of seismic activity

SPAIN is preparing for a volcanic eruption following a series of ‘alarming’ seismic movements, it has emerged. The La Palma volcano, on the Canary Islands,

18 Aug, 2024 @ 16:15

Environment·Lead·National News

Lionel Messi demands €50,000 compensation from eco-warriors who spray-painted his luxury villa in Spain

LIONEL Messi has demanded environmental activists pay him €50,000 in damages after they spray-painted his luxury Spanish villa. Last week, members from Futuro Vegetal daubed

16 Aug, 2024 @ 22:43

Celebrity·Environment·Ibiza·Lead

Katy Perry’s new music video is being investigated in Spain for potential breach of environmental laws

GOVERNMENT officials in the Balearics are investigating whether a new Katy Perry pop music video shot in Formentera may have caused environmental damage. Footage was

13 Aug, 2024 @ 18:45

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead

Extreme heat killed 47,000 people in Europe last year: Spain recorded second highest death toll

AS the summer heat intensifies in Spain, a new report has revealed that the scorching heat that gripped Europe last year made 2023 the hottest

13 Aug, 2024 @ 14:30

Environment·Lead

Intense heatwave breaks the Med: Spain sees highest ever sea temperature while the average record for entire Mediterranean is broken

THE Mediterranean Sea sent its temperature records tumbling yesterday as an intense heat wave grips the region. Spain’s Mediterranean waters hit a scorching 31.87C at

13 Aug, 2024 @ 12:40

Environment·Lead

Economic Trends in the Global Agriculture Market

There is no argument against the fact that agriculture is a vast and integral sector that plays a crucial role in the world economy. It

12 Aug, 2024 @ 10:46

Environment·Other News·Other Posts

Warning over venomous fish in Spain after 700 tourists are stung

TOURISTS in Spain have been warned as a spate of painful poisonings have been taking place on the country’s beaches. Over 700 people have been

8 Aug, 2024 @ 10:51

Environment·Lead

Works begin to reclaim land off Gibraltar’s coast for new Eastside marina development – as Spanish protests claim all the waters around the Rock are theirs

LAND reclamation is set to begin on Gibraltar’s controversial 150,000 sqm Eastside marina project and will continue throughout the month of August. It will see

6 Aug, 2024 @ 14:45

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

Man poisons co-worker on Spain's Costa Blanca by pouring toxic chemicals into his water bottle

Have you been annoyed by bottle caps in Spain and Europe recently? This might be why

IF you’ve drank a coke in the past few weeks, you may have been irked to find it nearly impossible to remove the bottle cap

4 Aug, 2024 @ 08:00

Environment·Lead

Spain announces its first marine national park: 24,000 hectare refuge could come with tourism restrictions

THE Spanish government has approved a proposal to create the country’s first fully marine national park in a move applauded by ecologists. The 24,000-hectare park

3 Aug, 2024 @ 10:30

Canary Islands·Environment·Lead

Watch: Girl in Spain finds huge snake slithering in her bed – and has no idea where it came from

THIS is the moment emergency services recovered a snake from the bedroom of a young girl in southern Spain last night. At around 3.55am, the

31 Jul, 2024 @ 14:33

Animals·Environment·Lead·Sevilla

WATCH: Vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar are being fitted with sharpened blades to the rudders to ward off critically-endangered orcas

SHIP captains in the Strait of Gibraltar are kitting their vessels out with sharpened rudders in order to harm killer whales that may approach their

29 Jul, 2024 @ 18:45

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

Earthquake alert for Gibraltar and Spain: Moderate chance of tremors between today and Thursday, warn experts, with other Mediterranean countries placed on ‘high’ risk

GIBRALTAR and the south of Spain are facing a ‘moderate’ risk of an earthquake in the coming days, an earthquake forecasting centre has warned. As

29 Jul, 2024 @ 13:33

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

EU approves €1.2billion of support for Spain’s ‘green’ hydrogen industry: State aid is major boost for transition away from fossil fuels

SPAIN’S fledgling ‘green’ hydrogen industry has been given a major boost after the European Commission approved an investment package worth €1.2billion. The state support, sourced

28 Jul, 2024 @ 15:50

Environment·Lead

Gibraltar is accused of dumping tonnes of potentially toxic construction waste into poor neighbouring border town in Spain

CONTAMINATED earth dug up to build the Kingsway tunnel under Gibraltar’s runway may end up in landfills in Spain, according to an environmental group. Verdemar

27 Jul, 2024 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

Just Stop Oil comes to Spain: Five activists linked to notorious UK eco-protest group are intercepted while ‘attempting to glue themselves to runway’ at Barcelona’s El-Prat airport

FIVE activists linked to the notorious environmental protest group Just Stop Oil were intercepted at Barcelona El-Prat Airport on Wednesday morning after attempting to glue

25 Jul, 2024 @ 11:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

Plans move forward to cut bird electrocutions on power lines and deaths in wind turbines across Spain

PUBLIC consultation has started on a new law which will oblige electricity companies to do more to stop birds being electrocuted on high-voltage power lines

24 Jul, 2024 @ 13:15

Animals·Environment·Lead

Greenpeace warns beaches along Spain’s Andalucia are disappearing due to rising sea levels – these are the most at risk areas

A GREENPEACE report on beach erosion in Spain caused by rising sea levels says that Andalucia is one of the area’s worst affected by degeneration.

23 Jul, 2024 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

‘Fried egg’ jellyfish are washing up on Spain’s Costa Blanca – but are they dangerous?

A TYPE of jellyfish that looks like a fried egg has made an earlier than normal appearance on Alicante province beaches. Known as Cotylorhiza tuberculata,

23 Jul, 2024 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

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