Confirmed: last month was Spain’s hottest and driest April on record
Drought-stricken Spain has confirmed that last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961. The State Meteorological Agency, AEMET, said on...
Climate Change
Spanish government defends weather agency after climate ‘conspiracy’ threats
The Spanish government came to the defence of the country’s AEMET weather agency on Friday, which has suffered threats and abuse from climate conspiracy theorists...
Spain braces itself for scorching temperatures, more typical of summer
Scorching temperatures in Spain are set to break records for April, with a week of unprecedented heat on its way that also brings further concerns...
Spain requests emergency funds from EU as drought hits farmers
Spain is requesting emergency funds from the European Union to support farmers and ranchers amid extreme drought conditions in its agricultural heartlands, Agriculture Minister Luis...
Spanish government vows to block farming near threatened wetlands
The Spanish government has vowed to block a regional plan to legalise farming near one of Europe’s largest and fauna-rich wetlands, where water supplies have...
1,500 evacuated as Spain’s wildfires start early
Over 1,500 people have been evacuated from their homes as a major forest fire continues to rage in the Castellón province of Valencia on Friday, and...
Activists demand EU stops ‘green’ funds used to link ski resorts in Aragón Pyrenees
Environmental groups in Spain have called on the European Union to open an inquiry into the approval of €26.4 million of ‘green’ economic recovery funds...
Ice Age survivors found refuge in Spain, but died out on the Italian peninsula
New research has revealed that the hunter-gatherers who dominated Europe 30,000 years ago sought refuge from the last Ice Age in warmer places, but only...
Spanish farmers protest ‘ecological plans’ to curb water supply for irrigation
Thousands of farmers protested in Madrid on Wednesday over the PSOE-Podemos coalition government’s plan to provide ecological protection for the Tagus river, reducing the amount of...
Confirmed: 2022 was Spain’s hottest year on record
Spain ended 2022 as its hottest year on record, the nation’s weather service, AEMET, has confirmed, backing up its statement of predictions made just before Christmas. AEMET...
