Tag: global warming
Blowing in the wind: Does pollution on Gibraltar’s border with Spain cause increased cancer rates?
Black clouds of pollution billow daily from the industrial chimneys of the Campo de Gibraltar. Is it all merely hot air or a smoking gun for cancer? The Olive Press investigates
DROP OF COMMON SENSE: Are humans to blame for the floods that have ravaged Spain’s Costa del Sol?
Heavy rainfall is not a recent phenomenon, but Mediterranean sea warming and building in the wrong places is adding to the recent flooding problems, writes Harry Ward
Temperatures in Spain’s Andalucia hit climate change limit
In Malaga, Cordoba and Granada the average yearly temperature in the 21st century was at least 1.5°C higher than in the 20th century
IN PICS: How biblical floods wreaked havoc on Mallorca and why they could be more frequent in the future
People are still missing, including a five-year-old boy
Rising temperatures to have huge impact on Spanish jobs
WEATHER-related sick days costs the Spanish economy €360 million per year, a pioneering study has found.
Researchers at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)...
Marbella expat confirms Barack Obama as guest speaker at leading climate change conference
Wine expert, Pancho Campo, has secured the 44th President of the U.S. for this summer’s high profile Climate Change Leadership Porto Summit
Balearic Islands pledge to phase out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in ambitious green manifesto
THE Balearic Islands has pledged to phase out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
In an ambitious plan, Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera will take new...
Malaga and southern Spain will experience droughts ’14 TIMES more severe than in recent years’ – and much sooner...
MALAGA and southern Spain could see droughts 14 times more severe than in recent years from as soon as 2050 onwards.
That is according to...
Wine prices to increase in Spain following 20% drop in harvest thanks to soaring temperatures
SPAIN'S production of wine for 2017 was down 20% compared to the year before, figures have shown.
The agriculture ministry has reported the total production...
‘We are seeing what we already feared’: Farmers in southern Spain facing ruin after increasingly hot and dry seasons
FARMERS in southern Spain fear they may lose their position as the top exporters in Europe after successive hot and dry seasons.
It comes after...
CLIMATE WARNING: Spain had its hottest year EVER in 2017 and climate change is ‘now noticeable’
SPAIN had its hottest year on record last year and climate change is 'now noticeable', weather agency AEMET has said.
Some seven areas in Andalucia...
Spanish government says it should do more to reduce impact on global warming
Maria Garcia expects Spain to meet its target of reducing emissions by 26% before 2030, but said Spain must do more
Spain criticised by European Climate Foundation for reliance on carbon energy power
The European Climate Foundation has urged Spain to attend the G20 meeting in July to talk about reducing its reliance on carbon-emitting power sources.
Stephen Hawking lays out biggest threats to mankind at conference in Tenerife
The renowned physicist was not optimisitic
Global warming is pushing Spain’s climate closer to that seen in North Africa
With average temperatures expected to rise by as much as five degrees by 2050, Spain’s universally appreciated crops could be in serious jeopardy
New study says re-route planes to stop global warming
Changing flight paths could prevent harmful vapour trails
Arctic threat to Spain’s beaches warns Greenpeace
The environmental group claim that Marbella and Benidorm will be underwater by 2100
Poisoned by planes?
After a heated debate about whether the Spanish authorities have been spraying toxic chemicals in the sky in a bid to stop global warming, Annabel Grossman investigates the strange phenomenon of 'chemtrails'
The Rock to participate in EU climate change project
The scheme aims to help find solutions to global warming
Al Gore prepares to visit Gibraltar
The former US vice president will deliver a speech at a major environmental forum
Chilling news!
Bartie wonders why things are cooling down when they should be hotting up...
Manson speaks out to Spain
Cult leader Charles Manson has broken decades of silence in an exclusive interview with a Spanish magazine
Brit gets climate change award from Spanish bank
Nicholas Stern has been awarded a top environment accolade by Spanish Bank BBVA
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Climate Change*
With the news that up to 85 per cent of Andalucia is under threat from desertification, in this simple Q&A scientist AZZAM QASRAWI explains the phenomenon of climate change