Rafael Cereceda

Spain

How satellites are helping us understand the La Palma volcano crisis

From measuring gas emissions to assessing damage, the Sentinel satellites of the European Copernicus network have been providing crucial data.

29/09/2021

Climate

What are the impacts of the ozone hole on weather and climate?

The 2021 ozone hole is one of the biggest on record. But the impacts on weather and climate patterns remain quite mysterious.

23/09/2021

USA

The world since 9/11: The last 20 years in pictures

A look back at what happened in the 20 years since the devastating attacks from the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq to the US withdrawal, last month, from Kabul.

10/09/2021

Climate

How do you plan a road trip around a heatwave and wildfires?

Extreme weather is increasingly becoming the norm in Europe. What does that mean for travel plans, and can weather forecasts help?

05/09/2021

Tech News

Pegasus spyware scandal: What we know so far

An international group of journalists made explosive allegations about widespread government spying on mobile phones. Here's what they say.

20/07/2021

Earth News

Siberian wildfires kickstart and extreme heat in northwestern Russia

Areas within the Polar Arctic Circle recently reached temperatures nearing 30º C. Dry and warm conditions are sparking the first significant wildfires in Siberia.

17/05/2021

World News

What is the argument against lifting COVID vaccine patents?

The US has backed plans to waive intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines, but the idea faces stiff opposition.

06/05/2021

USA

COVID-19 is a vascular disease not a respiratory one, says study

This could explain blood clots in some COVID patients and other issues like "COVID feet", which are not classic symptoms of a respiratory illness.

06/05/2021

France

Irony as Sahara dust returns radiation of French nuclear tests in '60s

Dust from the Sahara is being blown over to France, bringing with it radiation left over from French nuclear weapons tests from the 1960s.

01/03/2021

Europe

Could COVID-19 help oust pro-independence parties in Catalonia?

Optimism, a political calculation or democratic necessity?

14/02/2021

World News

Supercomputer crunches data on COVID-19 — this is its hypothesis

Despite Summit being the second-fastest computer in the world, the process took over two weeks.

05/09/2020

Russia

Heat, melting ice and fires combine for unprecedented Arctic summer

Fuelled by record high temperatures in the Arctic region, fires are currently burning an area of land the size of Luxembourg.

14/07/2020

Germany

Germany's EU Presidency rejects private sponsors to show 'integrity'

The practice of obtaining sponsorship from private companies to organise the rotating presidency of the EU was brought to light by a complaint to the European Ombudsman who called the member countries of the European Council to order.

09/07/2020

World News

The other new normal: A record 38C and forest fires in the Arctic

This weekend a shocking new record temperature was recorded in the Arctic Circle, amid warnings some parts of the world are heating much faster than others.

22/06/2020

World News

Largest-ever hole in the ozone layer above Arctic finally closes

A record-size hole in the #ozone layer above the Arctic has finally closed.

24/04/2020

World News

Why are so many of you baking bread during the coronavirus lockdown?

Flour is increasingly hard to find at European shops and supermarkets these days. Master bakers Dan Lepard and Iban Yarza explain why so many of you are suddenly into bread baking.

18/04/2020

World News

New coronavirus not the real killer: it's the patient's immune system

The medical world is slowly getting to grips with the novel coronavirus, but is learning new, seemingly contradictory things about it all the time. How do experts deal with chasing the true face of the disease?

09/04/2020

France

Coronavirus: Impacts from COVID-19 derail 5G roll out in the EU

EU member states were due to make a decision on the roll out of 5G by the end of June, but this has now been delayed.

06/04/2020

World News

Record Arctic ozone hole, hopes for recovery over the Antarctic

A rare ozone hole has opened up over the Arctic this winter. But the layer over the Antarctic is improving.

30/03/2020

World News

What we know and don't know about the COVID-19 coronavirus

What we know and don't know about the COVID-19 coronavirus

27/03/2020