This past week, the record for the highest average daily temperature on Earth has been broken twice. The previous one was established back in August of 2016, which is further evidence of global warming
Besides being extremely dry, last summer was the hottest on record. The Copernicus Service forecasts for this spring and summer for the Mediterranean area do not bode well: rainfall deficits will persist
The companies under scrutiny are among the largest on the planet and while they have made commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, these are ambiguous or even misleading, experts say
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
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 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
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 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
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 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