Environment/Nature news & information for Catalonia

DINOSAURS may have reached Europe 275,000 years earlier than initially believed, according to historians studying fossils recently found in the Pyrénées of Catalunya.

CHILDREN exposed regularly to nature may be less likely to suffer mental health problems in adulthood, according to research led by La Caixa bank's scientific unit.

A HIGHLY-AGGRESSIVE species of frog native to North America has been found in the wild in Spain for the first time, leading to concern among biologists.

BOND villain Javier Bardem has been out sailing off the shores of Catalunya to collect plastic waste from the sea – partly to help out, and partly to raise awareness of the problem.

FIREFIGHTERS were still bailing out garages, car parks and ground-floor buildings in the city of Girona last night (Saturday) after a freak hailstorm covered the streets in a blanket of white on Friday.

AIR pollution caused by carbon monoxide leads to significant changes in children's brain structure, even when levels of contamination are below the European Union's recommended maximum, says a worrying report by...

AN EARTHQUAKE on the Costa Brava at lunchtime today (Saturday) was felt right across the province, but no known damage has been reported.

TRAVELLERS on Barcelona metro are less likely to pick up contagious illnesses such as the 'flu than they are in a health centre, according to long-term research by the High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC).

A TOWN near Barcelona is sitting on an underground Artesian bore well over 200 metres (650 feet) deep with a water temperature of 60ºC and a flow capacity of 30,000 litres per hour, say scientists.

STORMS battering the east coast of Spain have hit the region of Catalunya worse than anywhere, with 13 roads blocked off on the Costa Brava, four rivers threatening to burst their banks and even sink-holes opening in a...

TORRENTIAL rainfall in Vinaròs (Castellón) and the province of Tarragona today has left roads cut off and up to 50 centimetres (1'8”) of flood water on the pavements.

Heavy rain, especially in eastern Catalunya, has virtually collapsed the Tarragona coastline again, with flooding bringing road and rail traffic to a standstill. Firefighters in Catalunya had already received 142...