Teresa Moreno is a researcher at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research of Spain’s National Research Council located in Barcelona. Currently, she is carrying out research at the University of Kumamoto in southern Japan, where she arrived two days after the tsunami devastated in country. An expert on air quality, Moreno explains how she sees the situation in Japan

DAVID SEGARRA | APRIL 8TH, 2011

Japan's devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami have set off alarms across much of the planet. Can a catastrophe of this magnitude take place in the Mediterranean? Are we prepared for it? University of Barcelona professor Miquel Canals, a marine geosciences expert, provides the answers to these pressing questions

Europe experienced a modern version of the Apocalypse recently with its airspace closed for six days. The culprit: the volcano under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier in Iceland. With air traffic flowing once more, the problem seems to be resolved for the moment. But volcanologists are not at ease; they believe that the gradual increase in the Earth's temperature could lead to an increase in volcanic activity.

Cristina Jiménez | 5 may 2010

Five years have passed since a tsunami struck the coast of a dozen countries. The reconstruction has finished but, could the tragedy happen again?

8 February 2010

Zigor Aldama – Singapore