Tag: climate change
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...
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...
Weather expert warns that climate change is turning Spain’s Sevilla into a desert
MIDWEEK forecasts of temperatures reaching 41 degrees in Sevilla have come as no surprise with the Andalucian city in recent years hitting those highs...
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...
Alarming loss of insect species in Mediterranean forests caused by global warming says study in Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Alicante University study says that global warming has caused an 'alarming' loss of insect species in Mediterranean forests.
The report from the university's Ibero-American...
Summers in Spain’s Malaga are FIVE WEEKS longer than four decades ago study reveals
NEW climate change data has revealed that Malaga summers are now five weeks longer than they were in the 80s.
According to Predictia, a spin-off...
Two climate activists swim naked in front of the Royal Palace in Madrid
Two activists of climate group Futuro Vegetal swam naked in a fountain just outside the Royal Palace in Madrid on Thursday evening.
The two women,...
The number of summer days in Spain has increased from 90 to 145 in the last 50 years study...
THE number of summer days in the main Spanish cities has increased from 90 to 145 in the last 50 years, according to a...
Winter drought reduces Spain’s reservoirs to national average water capacity of 50.7%
SPAIN'S reservoirs are at 50.7% capacity as the effects of the winter drought continue to bite.
It means they are storing 28,400 cubic hectares of...
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez checks out fight against fierce Castellon forest fire
PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez visited Castellon province on Monday to get a first-hand view on the fire that has ravaged 4,000 hectares and forced...
Artificial sand dunes to protect beaches as part of ‘Green Benidorm’ project in Spain
PLANS for new initiatives under the umbrella title of 'Green Benidorm' have been unveiled, including the construction of artificial sand dunes to protect the...
Spain most at risk of climate change effects according to alarming new report
Spain is one of the EU countries most at risk from the climate crisis, according to an alarming report from a Spanish think-tank.
Madrid-based Instituto...
Building for the future: Andalucian luxury villa to be ‘Spain’s first carbon-zero home’ powered by unique hydrogen system
A PROJECT for what is claimed to be the first zero-carbon luxury home utilising a hydrogen generating system in Spain has gone on sale.
Running...
CLIMATE CHANGE: Spain’s Malaga to restrict traffic in the centre and soho from January 1, 2024
MALAGA will have a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) at the beginning of next year.
Restricted access to road traffic is a requirement of the Climate...
Activists glue themselves to Spain’s Congress of Deputies in protest over climate emergency
CLIMATE activists from a Spanish organisation called Futuro Vegetal (Vegetable Future) glued themselves to the microphones at the lectern in the Congress of Deputies...
As COP27 climate conference starts in Egypt, Greenpeace calls on Spanish PM for better access to renewables
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigning organisation Greenpeace staged a demonstration on Sunday in Madrid, to coincide with the start of the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference...
Environmental protestors glue hands to Goya paintings in Spain’s world-famous Prado Museum
TWO CLIMATE activists glued their hands to the frames of Goya’s Las Majas paintings in Madrid’s Prado Museum on Saturday, in the latest of...
Areas of Spain that could be underwater by 2050 if sea levels keep rising
Thousands of homes and businesses in Andalucia and along the Costa Blanca could be completely submerged in water by 2050, new research shows.
According to...
Eye-watering figure needed to fix Andalucia drought crisis in Spain
WATER levels inside Andalucian dams are at record lows and the region’s government has a solution, but it won’t be cheap.
Andalucia needs €5 billion...
Climate change: When will we deal with the elephant in the room?
Eyes Wide Shut. NO not the 1999 Stanley Kubrick film starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
I refer to the inactivity of the world’s leaders...
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.
SANCHEZ HAS IT CRACKED: Or so Spain’s premier thinks when it comes to coping with global warming
WHEN it comes to talking about climate change, it is impossible to stay away from politics. They are completely intertwined.
My recent columns have focused...
It’s official: July was the hottest month recorded in Spain since records began
SPAIN suffered its hottest July in more than six decades, confirmed the national meteorological office on Monday.
Data published by AEMET showed that the average...
HEATWAVE: How sea temperatures around Spain are rising and threatening marine life
THE heatwaves of the summer aren’t only taking their toll on land where wildfires have ravaged more than 230,000 hectares already across Spain. Temperatures...
Spain’s winemakers battle to save harvest as heatwaves and drought takes toll
THE effects of successive heatwaves and drought are threatening this year’s wine harvest across Spain.
An exceptionally hot and dry summer has left grapes withering...
FOCUS: How Spain is on track for the most devastating summer of fires on record
BLACKENED earth, smouldering trees, the charred corpses of wild animals barbecued to a crisp. The pungent tang of smoked pine and eucalyptus lingers in...
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Need a job? Club Med Marbella on ambitious hiring spree for 320 staff to boost their team this winter
AS the summer season comes to a close and the winter chill approaches, one all-inclusive resort has set Marbella's hospitality industry abuzz.
While many hotels...
