During the past 15 years, around 10,000 km2 of Antarctic ice sheets have disintegrated into the Weddell Sea. This has facilitated the study of the sea floor, where scientists have been amazed to find that the benthic ecosystem has recovered much more quickly than expected after such a devastating event. But if climate change increases the melting of the ice sheet, the re-colonization of the seabed may prove to be impossible

APRIL 27TH 2011

The International Energy Agency believes that to meet the growing global demand for oil and offset the current decline in production the energy industry will need to develop a production capacity of around 64 million barrels per day, more than six times the current daily production of Saudi Arabia, by the year 2030.

June 9, 2010

Mariano Marzo, Environment

German researchers deem single-use plastics "greener" than glass

José Juan Rodríguez Jerez, Food Safety

In April, the European Commission presented to the European Parliament a proposal to approve the commercialization of an enzyme capable of “gluing” piece of meats back together. That request was denied a few days ago.

21 may 2010

José Juan Rodríguez Jerez, Food Security