Environment/Nature news & information for Catalonia

The first big snowfalls of the season started falling in the early hours of Monday morning and have brought smiles to the faces of skiers, snowboarders and ski resort staff alike.

THIS SUMMER'S drought has proven a mixed blessing for a Barcelona-province town and its visitors – a swamp has completely dried up, uncovering a church that had been underwater for decades.

YOU NEED to cut some tiles, you have a baby, you break a leg. Hopefully not all at once, of course, but it does mean you'll need an angle-grinder or tile-cutter, a pram and cot and baby-carrier – and to employ...

IT'S NOT all sunning yourself by the sea during your sixth-form summer holidays when you're going to be Queen – sometimes you have to spend your down-time going to work. And in full public view, too, knowing...

A SECOND nano-satellite is set to be launched into space from Catalunya this autumn, with a budget of €1.7 million, as part of the ongoing fight against climate change.

TARRAGONA city hall is seeking volunteers to 'monitor' 99 turtle eggs laid on a beach to make sure they are safe and hatch.

WHALES have made themselves at home off the coast of Catalunya – a total of 222 have been spotted this spring alone, nearly double the number seen in the sea-mammal 'feeding zones' identified by...

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.

FIVE rorqual whales spotted off the Costa Garraf shows these giant mammals have started their migration early this year.

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...

HUNDREDS of volunteers all along the Mediterranean coast have been flocking to their nearest beach to help clean up the mess left by Hurricane Gloria.

THINGS have often become explosive in Catalunya. Just as you cross the Pyrénées towards what is now the Costa Brava, you could find out how hot-headed the region was, and how it liked to blow its top.