Environment/Nature news & information for Spain

THE first heatwave of 2019 is on its way with temperatures of up to 37ºC expected from this Friday, according to the State meteorological agency, AEMET.

FRIDAYS For Future says 'Notre Dame is important and caused a lot of upset in society', but that 'the planet has been burning for years and nobody seems to care'.

TORRENTIAL rain over Easter reaching up to 17.3 centimetres (6.8 inches) on the east coast has helped replenish ailing reservoirs which have been struggling to remain topped up after several years of either drought or...

IF THE old adage about April showers is true, Spain should be blooming with May flowers next month: a sudden return to winter across the country has brought temperatures as low as -6ºC in the north and centre, road...

AFTER unusually-high temperatures graced Spain during the first weekend of spring, a mass of cold air heading down from Greenland means winter is on its way back - and, in some parts of the country, has already arrived.

EVEN though most of Spain is basking in unseasonably-high temperatures and ski slopes are melting over a fortnight ahead of their usual closing dates, one of the country’s warmest regions has issued warnings over snow...

HAYFEVER sufferers will have an easy spring this year after the toughest winter in a quarter of a century, according to the Spanish Society for Allergies and Clinical Immunology (SEAIC).

STUDENTS in over 40 Spanish towns and cities plan to join the global strike tomorrow (Friday) to call for political action on climate change – and Spain’s minister for energy transition, Teresa Ribera, has...

A FOSSIL of a whale’s head dating back approximately 5.7 million years has been found in a limestone quarry in Santanyí on the island of Mallorca.

LATE February’s and early March’s exceptional weather is about to subside for a while – bright sunshine, cloudless skies and temperatures of up to 26ºC are starting to give way to rain and gale-force winds...

AN ANTI-CYCLONE described by weather bosses as ‘eternal’ continues in Spain with a second weekend of unusually-high temperatures forecast, even in areas that are traditionally uncomfortably freezing at this time of...

DISPOSABLE plastic has had its day in the European Union – by the year after next, heaps of everyday throwaway items that take up to 1,000 years to break down and disappear will be off the shelves in all 27 member...