Environment/Nature news & information for Galicia

A SUBMARINE from Spain has beaten the national depth record by plunging into the second-most profound section of the Mariana Trench, and the third on earth.

ART DOESN'T just belong in galleries, and sculptures don't have to be made out of rock-hard material and created with a hammer and chisel, or even a potter's wheel. Anyone who's fond of gardening is...

A GALICIA mayor has 'thanked' a daily broadsheet in New York for criticising the city's Christmas lights as 'contributing to climate change', as its comments not only provided an opportunity to...

AN ANGLER in Galicia has caught a record-sized trout in the river Lor in Sober, in the province of Lugo.

A COMPENSATION bill for the worst environmental disaster in Spain's living history has been set at a record €1.5 billion after a Supreme Court hearing this week.

A GALICIA court says Spain could be eligible for over €1.57 billion in compensation for the Prestige disaster in 2002, when the ship of the same name sank in the Bay of Biscay and its 77,000-tonne cargo of fuel caused...

HURRICANE Ophelia will bring gale-force winds and choppy seas to Spain's far north-western region of Galicia in the early hours of this Monday morning.

According to reports on the Cadena Ser radio station, the Dutch cargo ship 'Ostedijk' (archive photo) that is still experiencing problems with its cargo of fertilizers first reported during the early hours of...

Last week saw the biggest rise in water levels in Spanish reservoirs for some considerable time as a result of recent rain. According to Environment ministry figures, levels rose by 579 cubic hectometres (1.1% of total...