Thursday, March 28, 2024

Environment

Costa del Sol animal shelter desperately appeals for volunteers and adoptions 

AN overwhelmed Costa del Sol animal shelter is desperately appealing for volunteers and adoptions.  Animal Care España (ACE), in La Cala de Mijas, is going...

‘Warming Mediterranean Sea’ was behind record-breaking rain, claims Alicante professor

A LEADING climatologist from the University of Alicante has blamed a ‘warmer Mediterranean Sea’ for the killer floods that devastated the Costa Blanca last...

Residents on Costa Blanca mountainside who cut pine branches poking into their windows claim police turned up demanding they...

RESIDENTS on a Costa Blanca mountainside who cut tree branches poking into their windows have claimed police turned up demanding they obtain 'a permit'. The...

An un-shore future for Spain’s coastline

Spain’s coastline is under serious threat from development, warn environmentalists

RED ALERT: Access closed to mountain and forest areas throughout Spain’s Valencia region to prevent fires during heatwave

The Generalitat officially announced the drastic and unprecedented decision today in an effort to prevent a repeat of the severe forest fires that have destroyed Greece and Turkey.

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...

Caminito del Rey praised as a ‘shining example’ of diversifying the tourism model

Director of tourism for the Costa Arturo Bernal said 245,000 tourists have already visited the site this year, while ‘last winter saw visitors of 84 different nationalities flock from five different continents’.

Exotic and invasive ‘crazy ant’ spreads along Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE invasive ‘crazy ant’ has arrived to the Axarquia, ecologists have confirmed.  Director of the Cabinet for Nature Studies (GENA) and Ecologists in Action Rafael...

Eight million tonnes of plastic ‘lost’ at sea each year

Most plastic dumped into the seas will never be recovered and may be hidden deep on the ocean floor

The Rock to participate in EU climate change project

The scheme aims to help find solutions to global warming

Spanish engineers move a step closer to making mission to Mars possible

A TEAM of Basque engineers have been financed by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop an idea that could make trips to Mars...

Residents feel shaking as FOUR earthquakes rock Malaga

Although only measuring between 1.7 and 2.1 on the Richter scale, residents felt shaking due to the epicenter being close to the surface

Spain on track for worst fire season in over a decade

SPAIN is well on track for its worst year of wildfires since 2012, with 187,676 hectares of forest razed by flames so far this...

Roman map shows flood-hit regions of the Costa Blanca were part of the Med just 2,000 years ago

THE Vega Baja region is prone to flooding because it was once part of the Mediterranean Sea, a Roman-era map of the area shows. The...

Donana National Park launches raccoon-catching programme

Programme launched to catch ‘smelly and aggressive’ mammals after unwanted pets are released into the wild

WATCH: Mini-tsunami hits Spanish resorts in Mallorca and Menorca flooding roads and beach bars

A WAVE measuring five feet tall has hit tourist beaches at Ciutadella on the west coast of Menorca early Monday morning, less than 40...

April showers leaves breathtaking landscapes in Spain’s iconic Caminito del Rey

MALAGA’S famed Caminito del Rey, the popular hiking route for adrenaline and vertigo lovers, comes to life in Spring. The infrastructure, the landscapes and the...

Power lines prevent wildfire on Spain’s Costa del Sol being extinguished as 290 hectares of land torched

“My husband and I have been coming to Estepona for eight years and we have seen fires before, but nothing like this”

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...

Do you live on the Costa del Sol? Here’s how you can do your bit in the fight against...

On March 24, the Surfrider Foundation Europe invites everyone to join or organise a clean up in their area in this latest push to fight marine pollution

THEY’RE COMING: There will be an ‘invasion’ of cockroaches in southern Spain this summer

It blamed the predicted proliferation on a combination of heavy rains throughout the spring and the steep increase in temperatures forecast in the summer

Costa Calida mayor slams €80m flood defence budget as being less than a third of what’s needed in Spanish...

A COSTA CALIDA mayor has pointed out that although the regional government of Murcia is supporting an €80m plan to prevent flood damage in...

Autumn set to be ‘worst ever’ for mosquitoes in Spain

Forecasters are predicting record numbers of the flying insects to land on Spain’s shores

Costa Blanca river less than a metre deep now being dredged, after flood sediment stopped navigation

GUARDAMAR authorities have started the second phase of the dredging of the Segura. The project is designed to extract sediments from the river at certain...

Green boost as car industry stalls

Electric car sales in Spain rose by 91 per cent last month
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All bathing spots in Spain’s Andalucia meet water quality requirements

BEACH-GOERS will be delighted to know that bathing water quality in Andalucia is at adequate levels, according to a recent report. In fact, as stated...

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