Manuel Planelles

About 2,000 of these fascinating aquatic mammals survive near Spain’s Balearic Islands after suffering a huge decline in the last 90 years. Researchers are using acoustics to delve into their hidden universe and bolster conservation efforts

Led by French economists Thomas Piketty and Lucas Chancel, the study advocates a progressive rate of 1.5% to 3% for fortunes of over $100 million

Study puts insured property losses from this year’s 10 most costly weather disasters at more than $168.1 billion

The summit, however, failed to reach an agreement to phase out fossil fuels or set more ambitious targets to limit global warming to 1.5ºC

UNESCO warns that these ice masses will have disappeared entirely from emblematic places such as the Pyrenees, Kilimanjaro and the Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks

The Lancet Countdown says rising temperatures increase cardiovascular and respiratory ailments, heat-related deaths, mental problems and food insecurity

A new scientific report finds that weather phenomena affecting soil moisture are much more frequent than in the pre-industrial age

The UN considers the Supreme Court ruling a setback in the fight against global warming; progressive judges see it as “frightening”

The second most populated country in the world still relies on coal, the fuel’s largest climate change contributor, to generate close to 70% of their energy

Some 1,829 types of turtles, crocodiles, lizards and snakes are at risk of disappearing

A draft decree will encourage the purchase of loose, unpackaged produce as well as non-bottled water

Diamond Foundry, a Silicon Valley company that ‘grows’ the precious gems, has chosen Trujillo in Extremadura for an upcoming factory project

A hundred specimens are living on large estates in the Spanish countryside. The last 18 arrived from Poland and settled in the Sierra de Andújar in Jaén. Some scientists warn of the danger of shoehorning this “exotic species” into the Mediterranean ecosystem while advocates argue for the animal’s conservation

The national weather agency Aemet warns that despite the slowdown from the coronavirus pandemic, the concentration of carbon reached levels in 2020 that hadn’t been seen for 800,000 years

The country is on track to becoming one of the world's fastest decarbonizing nations

The scheme, which is part of a €3.75 billion plan to aid the automotive industry, is aimed at mitigating the impact of the coronavirus crisis and boosting the sale of low-emission vehicles

Although levels remain below average, a spike in nitrogen dioxide has been detected as the country relaxes its confinement measures

The Cabinet approves draft legislation that also bans single-use items and encourages the circular economy

The concentration of nitrogen dioxide in Madrid and Barcelona has dropped significantly since the Spanish government declared a state of alarm last week

Energy produced at coal-fired thermal stations made up less than 5% of all electricity generated in 2019, as natural gas and renewables become more profitable options

The Swedish campaigner uses her celebrity status to draw attention to other young activists at the UN summit in Madrid

Spain’s caretaker government has stepped in to host the event against a global backdrop of weakened environmental leadership

The caretaker Socialist Party government proposed the Spanish capital as the new venue for the international event, which is set to take place between December 2 and 13

Some 500 million people are at risk of drought, lack of freshwater and food shortages if no action is taken

The low-emissions zone in the center of the Spanish capital has seen a 32% reduction in nitrogen dioxide emissions, according to a new report

The public prosecutor is pushing regional authorities to do more to help the thousands of animals who die every year from being electrocuted in electricity cables