Spain’s Institute of Oceanography has warned that the rise of sea levels in the Mediterranean is accelerating. A group of researchers of the center has set sail to collect more data on the effects of climate change on the sea

STAFF | FEBRUARY 28TH, 2011

One of the sailboats in the 2010 Barcelona World Race is carrying scientific instruments on board to measure the temperature and salinity of the waters it crosses. Scientists have already begun to receive data that will help them draw the first map of the temperature and salinity of unexplored areas of the ocean

STAFF | FEBRUARY 1ST, 2011

The Center for the Recovery of Marine Animals (CRAM) and Caja Madrid have launched on the beach of El Prat, a town near Barcelona, a pioneering project for the assisted reproduction of Mediterranean sea turtles in captivity

STAFF | NOVEMBER 25TH, 2010

“The Living Planet: the Co-evolution of the Earth and its organisms” was the conference given by the author of the Gaia theory on September 14th at the Barcelona City Hall and which now can be viewed online at the website of the city’s Museum of Natural Sciences.