A new study led by the UB (Universitat de Barcelona) and the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) has stated that marine heatwaves are having a strong impact on the “coral communities” of the Mediterranean.
The study states the loss of the few species that bring structural complexity to these coralline communities. An example of this is …
MoreLake Montbel (Fr. Lac de Montbel) is an artificial lake that was filled with water in 1985, following the construction of the Montbel dam. It is located straddling the departments of Ariège and Aude in the French Pyrenees.
Lake Montbel is fed by the waters of the Hers-Vif, brought by a diversion located downstream of the …
MoreDAY 1: Each team equipped with a walkie-talkie, a compass and a map should go by itself to the bivouac site.
A bundle of hazelnut poles, a rope and a knife – that’s all you get to make a shelter for the night in record time!
Water needed for survival, is hidden in the forest. The pathway …
MoreLake Salagou (fr. Lac du Salagou) is a reservoir for the Salagou dam. It is located in the center of the Hérault department, on the Salagou river, a tributary of the Lergue river which flows into the Hérault. It reaches a depth of about 50 meters.
The water level is 139 m above sea level. The …
MoreCap de Creus (cat. Cap de Creus) – a cape on the coast of Alt Emporda (Catalonia), located at the northern tip of the Costa Brava, at the end of a small peninsula that enters the Mediterranean Sea and divides the Gulf of Roses in the south from the Gulf of Lion in the north.
Cap …
MoreOlot (cat. Olot) is a municipality and city in Catalonia, the capital of the Garrotxa region and the judicial district of the same name. This city is especially famous for its natural attractions and, in particular, for the fact that it is surrounded by the natural park of the La Garrotxa volcanic zone.
The city is …
MoreA group of Spanish explorers and research assistants presented their film Antarctica Unexplored 2018-2019 at the Mountain and Travel Film festival in Andorra. The expedition team included four people: the leader of the expedition Ramón Larramendi (one of the greatest polar explorers in the world; the protagonist of the Mapfre Circumpolar Expedition, which covered 14,000 …
MoreThe Aran Valley (cat. Val D’Aran) is a valley in the central Pyrenees located in the historical region of Occitania, province of Lleida. Administratively, this is a single territorial entity of Catalonia. With its capital in Viella, it has an autonomous government, the General Council of Aran, in accordance with Law 16/1990 on the special …
MoreLast year, the Andorran Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIS) actively lobbied the project for building an international airport in the Principality and even made an official presentation of this project with the participation of NAVBLUE experts (100% subsidiary of Airbus), which worked to “fit” the airport into the local landscape. This airport would help …
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