Tag: algae
Hordes of transparent organisms are washing up on Spain’s Costa del Sol: How ‘salps’ can cause a nasty smell...
A HARMLESS jellyfish-like creature called a salp has been washing up on Andalucian beaches in vast quantities, bringing the risk of a sticky, foul-smelling...
EXPLAINED: What is the thick brown sludge clogging up beaches in Spain?
SCIENTISTS have warned over the damaging environmental effects of a thick brown algae which is invading Spanish beaches.
Known as rugulopterix okamurae, it arrived on...
Temperature hits record high in polluted Mar Menor lagoon in Spain
THE current heatwave has seen a record temperature high for the waters of the Mar Menor lagoon in Murcia.
The Mar Menor Scientific Committee said...
New pollution ‘catastrophe’ warning for Mar Menor lagoon in Spain’s Murcia region
MURCIA'S Mar Menor lagoon is facing a new 'environmental catastrophe' according to a local council.
Recent heavy rainfall and rising temperatures has led to increased...
Scientists from Spain’s Alicante University create new type of artificial reef to regenerate Mediterranean seabed
AN artificial reef using electrolysis to regenerate Mediterranean marine life has been successfully tested in Alicante waters.
A team from the University of Alicante created...
Unidentified brown stain forces closure of three beaches in Spain’s Valencia
The same experts pointed out that similar incidents have been reported along the Valencian and Catalan coastlines in previous summers, and that it is completely natural and nothing to worry about.
‘ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE’: Brown Algae invades beaches and waters on Spain’s Costa del Sol
In Tarifa, the issue became so large the town’s mayor, biologist Francisco Ruiz Giraldez, claimed that it was now ‘aggressively taking up the entire sea floor of the Strait’
The first Volkswagen car to run purely on algae biogas has been unveiled in Spain
The algae is cultivated in Cadiz
Over 100 sunbathers have allergic reaction to toxic algae on Almeria beaches
Two beaches remain closed