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Remembering one of the Costa del Sol’s most devastating forest fires: How this week three years ago saw 3,000 people evacuated and a heroic firefighter killed by raging inferno in the Sierra Bermeja

THIS week marks three years since the start of the devastating Sierra Bermeja forest fire – the worst blaze registered in Spain in 2021 –

11 Sep, 2024 @ 16:06

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Malaga·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

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

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

These areas of Spain will be uninhabitable by 2050 due to extreme heat and rising sea levels, NASA warns – unless urgent action reverses climate change trends

SKY-HIGH temperatures, long periods of drought and coastal cities swamped by rising sea levels. That will be the future of Spain, at least according to

18 Jul, 2024 @ 12:12

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Lead·Madrid

When does summer officially start in Spain and how hot will it be this year?

THE Spanish summer is fast approaching. With sweaty nights and endlessly sunny days stretching before us, here’s what meteorologists are saying about what to expect

8 Jun, 2024 @ 12:37

Andalucia·Asturias·spain·Weather

Why are there so many cockroaches in Spain? How the vile bugs thrive in southern Europe – as new research shows they are becoming resistant to insecticides

REPORTS of shocking cockroach infestations are nothing new in Spain, with its warm climate, long summers, and myriad of dense cityscapes rife with the kinds

20 Apr, 2024 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Animals

This November was one of the hottest and driest on record in Spain, stark figures show

NOVEMBER temperatures in parts of Spain were the highest for years with the Valencian Community reaching average figures not seen since 1950. In Malaga province,

1 Dec, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead·Weather

Why 10,000 trees need urgent treatment to stop sticky gunk falling onto cars and pavements in Spain's Valencia

Why 10,000 trees need emergency treatment to get Spain’s Valencia out of a sticky mess

VALENCIA CITY COUNCIL has started a mass programme of spraying fungicide on 100,000 trees to stop a cochinal infection that’s causing a serious problem. Above

18 Oct, 2023 @ 15:15

Environment·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s ongoing drought is listed in the world’s top 10 ‘most expensive natural disasters’ of 2023

Summer 2022 was the hottest in Spain for 700 years, data collected by TREE rings reveal

SPAIN experienced its hottest summer last year in 700 years, according to analysis of tree rings from north-east Spain which contain key insights about weather

9 Oct, 2023 @ 13:33

Environment·Lead·National News·Weather

NASA confirms last July was the hottest month ever registered on the planet

LAST July was the hottest month ever registered on Earth, according to NASA’s global temperature analysis. The U.S government agency has confirmed last month was

23 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Weather

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This July could be the hottest ever on Earth in the last 120,000 years

THIS July could become the hottest ever on the planet in the last 120,000 years, according to a Leipzig University study. The research confirms that

27 Jul, 2023 @ 19:30

Alicante·Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Greenpeace calls for faster action to save Spain from ravages of climate change

A NEW REPORT from Greenpeace has highlighted the effects of climate change on Spain and has called for tough action soon to counter its impact.

7 Jul, 2023 @ 11:15

Environment·Lead·National News

Spain enters long-term drought following another mild winter

SPAIN has entered a period of long-term drought following another mild winter and low rainfall numbers. State meteorological agency, Aemet, said on Friday that the

17 Mar, 2023 @ 18:00

Environment·Lead·Weather

Spanish farmer’s grape collection could be client resistant, could tackle global warming

A farmer’s vast array of grape varieties he has been collecting since the 1980s could play a pivotal role in tackling the country’s current climate

2 Mar, 2023 @ 18:45

Environment·Lead·National News

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The faithful frog is dying out in Spain and blame is put at the door of human activity

That faithful pondlife inhabitant, the frog, is going extinct in Spain due to the ravages of climate warning and a pandemic of deadly amphibian-killing viruses.

6 Dec, 2022 @ 16:45

Environment·Lead

Barcelona in Spain to become a ‘beachless, smog-enshrouded hell hole’ by 2100 under new AI-powered worst-case climate predictions

Barcelona, the glittering jewel of the western Mediterranean, could be enshrouded in clouds of thick toxic smog, see its green spaces wither away and all

8 Nov, 2022 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Lead

Mediterranean Sea on its way to reach its highest temperature ever recorded

The Mediterranean has experienced record sea temperatures this summer: this could devastate marine life

While official data is yet to be released, this year’s Mediterranean marine heatwave will likely have devastating ecological consequences.

20 Aug, 2022 @ 12:45

Environment·Lead·National News·Weather

True Valencian paella is under threat from global warming, warn scientists in Spain

THE traditional Valencian paella is under threat from global warming, warn researchers in Spain, who fear one of the key ingredients is nearing extinction as

1 Jun, 2022 @ 15:45

Environment·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Woman Holds In Hands Plastic Bag With Planet Earth At Blue Background. The Concept Of Plastic Pollution.

Heed the news: More needs to be done to protect the environment

APART from the devastating and deeply upsetting events unfolding in Ukraine, two very noteworthy pieces of news were in the news last week that should

16 Apr, 2022 @ 16:15

Environment·Lead·National News·Nature

Climate change activists smear red paint on Spain’s Congress building in Madrid

CLIMATE change protestors daubed red paint on the steps leading to Spain’s Congress building in Madrid on Wednesday. Walls were also smeared as part of

6 Apr, 2022 @ 19:30

Environment·Lead·Madrid

Benidorm Skyscraper Gets Hit By Lightning Bolt During Storm On Spain's Costa Blanca

ANALYSIS: Spain’s Costa Blanca now has a ‘tropical climate’ thanks to global warming as experts warn to expect ‘more intense’ storms

ALICANTE province is now suffering a ‘tropical climate’ which will rapidly increase the frequency of storms, according to the Climatology Lab at the area’s university.

2 Nov, 2021 @ 11:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Weather

Climate change will wipe out glaciers in Pyrenees within 20 years, warn Spanish scientists

CLIMATE change is to blame for the dramatic shrinking of glaciers in the Pyrenees which could all but disappear within two decades, scientists in Spain

14 Sep, 2021 @ 13:45

Environment·Lead

LESS MEAT, MORE LIFE: Spanish minister’s campaign to eat less meat receives a mixed response

HEALTH minister Alberto Garzon has launched a campaign encouraging Spaniards to eat less meat, after research revealed Spain chomps its way through more meat than

10 Jul, 2021 @ 11:13

Environment·Lead·National News·Politics

Rising temperatures caused by climate change is behind an increase in suicides, claims scientific study

Spain gets burnt in hottest year ever with warnings over further temperature hikes

SPAIN had the hottest year on record last year according to a report published today(May 14) by the state meteorological agency, Aemet. The news comes

14 May, 2021 @ 17:10

Lead·National News·Weather

Spain’s climate change law is passed in Madrid to make country ‘carbon-neutral’ by 2050

SPAIN’S new climate change and energy law was passed by Congress in Madrid today(May 13). It aims to make Spain a carbon-neutral country by 2050.

13 May, 2021 @ 19:15

Environment·Lead·National News·Politics