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05/05/2023

April heat in western Med ‘almost impossible without climate change’

The extreme heat that engulfed the Iberian peninsula and parts of North Africa last week would have been “almost impossible without climate change”, an international scientific study found on Friday. The “exceptional early heatwave” involved “local temperatures up to 20…
05/05/2023

April heat in western Med ‘almost impossible without climate change’: study

The extreme heat that engulfed the Iberian peninsula and parts of north Africa last week would have been “almost impossible without climate change,” an international scientific study found Friday. The “exceptional early heatwave” involved “local temperatures up to 20 degrees…
05/05/2023

Insults, threats target Spain forecasters over climate ‘conspiracy’

Spain’s government on Friday came to the defence of the AEMET weather agency, which has suffered threats and abuse from climate conspiracy theorists over its forecasts during a record drought. “Murderers”, “Criminals”, “You’ll pay for this” and “We’re watching you”…
03/05/2023

Spain’s far-right MPs snub visiting Colombian leader

Colombian President Gustavo Petro was snubbed by far-right lawmakers as he began a state visit to Spain on Wednesday calling for deeper ties with Latin America to fight climate change. Addressing parliament, Petro said his visit was not just about…
03/05/2023

Europe’s produce at stake in Spain’s water war

Spanish farmer Juan Francisco Abellaneda’s salads and watermelons fill the shelves of European supermarkets winter and summer. But maybe not for much longer. The tap that turned the arid semi-desert of southeastern Spain into Europe’s market garden may be about…
02/05/2023

Historic drought sees Spaniards pray for rain

Drought is so severe in parts of Spain that thousands of people are invoking the heavens desperate for rain. On Monday, parishioners in the southern city of Jaen held a procession carrying aloft a statute of Christ called “El Abuelo”…
01/05/2023

1 dead, 39 hurt as bus carrying Moroccans overturns in Spain

A bus carrying Moroccan seasonal workers overturned early on Monday in southern Spain, killing one person and injuring 39 others, three of them seriously, the emergency services said. The accident happened just before sunrise on international workers day on a…
01/05/2023

1 dead, 25 hurt in Morocco farm worker bus accident in Spain

One person died and 25 others were hurt, seven seriously, when a bus carrying Moroccan seasonal workers overturned early on Monday in southern Spain, the emergency services said. The accident, which took place just before sunrise on a road around…
30/04/2023

Four dead after ultralight planes collide in Spain

Two ultralight aircraft collided near an aerodrome in northeastern Spain on Sunday, killing four passengers, regional authorities said. Firefighters found one plane on fire in a wooded area near the Moia aerodrome north of Barcelona after being alerted by a…

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05/05/2023

April heat in western Med ‘almost impossible without climate change’
05/05/2023

April heat in western Med ‘almost impossible without climate change’: study
05/05/2023

Insults, threats target Spain forecasters over climate ‘conspiracy’
03/05/2023

Spain’s far-right MPs snub visiting Colombian leader
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