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Tayyarat (“currents” or “streams” in Arabic) brings you opinions, stories and insights into water and energy around the Mediterranean.
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Lebanon floats on groundwater reservoirs… Does it need dams?
Mounir KabalanThe water dams dossier in Lebanon has been one of the most controversial issues in the last ten years. While […]
Lampedusa: The Forsaken Island
Stuart ReigeluthWithout any freshwater resources, Lampedusa needs renewables for sustainable water access. Lampedusa is Italy’s southern-most island, located off the eastern […]
A marine heatwave in the Mediterranean
Belén Gutiérrez CarmonaExtreme ocean temperatures causing marine destruction and massive social and economic impacts. Flamingos splashing pink on the landscape of Cabo […]
Alexandria: Layers of history, levels of threat
Rehab AbdalmohsenIn order to visit Alexandria’s most famous museum, you need to dive into its sea. Much of this ancient Egyptian […]
Drought is already one of the 4 most critical natural hazards in Southwest Europe
CREAFAs a recurrent and extreme phenomenon, droughts are difficult to predict, with high spatial and temporal variability. Together with floods, […]
Global warming causes increasingly aggressive forest pests
CREAFThe great heat waves and accompanying droughts put forests at the limit of their resilience and expose them more drastically […]
Water Management In Cyprus: an ongoing struggle
Martina Valls Carafi
A brand new study reveals an unprecedented change in Europe’s fire regime
CREAFClimate change is the main factor affecting an unprecedented change in the fire regime on the European continent, according to a brand new scientific work. The affected areas are in Southern, Central and Northern Europe but this historical change in Europe’s fire regime is more intense in the Mediterranean area.
Non-potable water in Spain: La Casa Nueva
Gloria BorregoIn Spain, there are people living with non-potable water or that do not have access to safe water. What we found on our first visit to La Casa Nueva in Sagunto (Valencia) is still difficult for us to accept. How is it possible that a few kilometres from a city where thousands of litres of drinking water are wasted, there are people who are consuming non-potable water? In the XXI century and in a country like Spain, there are people who live without the minimum rights. That is the reality.
Follow the sun: breaking down Lebanon’s solar revolution
Karem MonzerPeople in Lebanon are shifting to solar power, seeking independence from an unreliable governmental electricity grid. There is a Lebanese […]
Lebanon floats on groundwater reservoirs… Does it need dams?
Mounir KabalanThe water dams dossier in Lebanon has been one of the most controversial issues in the last ten years. While […]
Reporting on carbon markets in the MENA region
AMWAJ TeamThe Innovate4Climate Journalists Workshop took place on 23 May 2022 within the framework of the Innovate4Climate Conference – the World […]
The Mediterranean basin, the European area most threatened by climate change
CREAFAlmost half of humanity (between 3.3 and 3.6 billion people) lives in high vulnerability to climate change, according to the […]
Alexandria: Layers of history, levels of threat
Rehab AbdalmohsenIn order to visit Alexandria’s most famous museum, you need to dive into its sea. Much of this ancient Egyptian […]
Drought is already one of the 4 most critical natural hazards in Southwest Europe
CREAFAs a recurrent and extreme phenomenon, droughts are difficult to predict, with high spatial and temporal variability. Together with floods, […]
Global warming causes increasingly aggressive forest pests
CREAFThe great heat waves and accompanying droughts put forests at the limit of their resilience and expose them more drastically […]
Water Management In Cyprus: an ongoing struggle
Martina Valls Carafi
A brand new study reveals an unprecedented change in Europe’s fire regime
CREAFClimate change is the main factor affecting an unprecedented change in the fire regime on the European continent, according to a brand new scientific work. The affected areas are in Southern, Central and Northern Europe but this historical change in Europe’s fire regime is more intense in the Mediterranean area.
Non-potable water in Spain: La Casa Nueva
Gloria BorregoIn Spain, there are people living with non-potable water or that do not have access to safe water. What we found on our first visit to La Casa Nueva in Sagunto (Valencia) is still difficult for us to accept. How is it possible that a few kilometres from a city where thousands of litres of drinking water are wasted, there are people who are consuming non-potable water? In the XXI century and in a country like Spain, there are people who live without the minimum rights. That is the reality.
Follow the sun: breaking down Lebanon’s solar revolution
Karem MonzerPeople in Lebanon are shifting to solar power, seeking independence from an unreliable governmental electricity grid. There is a Lebanese […]
Lebanon floats on groundwater reservoirs… Does it need dams?
Mounir KabalanThe water dams dossier in Lebanon has been one of the most controversial issues in the last ten years. While […]
Reporting on carbon markets in the MENA region
AMWAJ TeamThe Innovate4Climate Journalists Workshop took place on 23 May 2022 within the framework of the Innovate4Climate Conference – the World […]
The Mediterranean basin, the European area most threatened by climate change
CREAFAlmost half of humanity (between 3.3 and 3.6 billion people) lives in high vulnerability to climate change, according to the […]
The Cost of Oil in Tunisia’s Desert
Meshkal Editorial TeamIn recent years, Tunisia’s natural hydrocarbon resources has been a topic of heated debate, despite a lack of transparency from authorities […]
The neighbours of Godella want to protect the Torre del Pirata and its Mediterranean forest
Patricia CarbonellIn the municipality of Godella – in the metropolitan area of Valencia – local citizens have mobilized to preserve its […]
Lampedusa: The Forsaken Island
Stuart ReigeluthWithout any freshwater resources, Lampedusa needs renewables for sustainable water access. Lampedusa is Italy’s southern-most island, located off the eastern […]
A marine heatwave in the Mediterranean
Belén Gutiérrez CarmonaExtreme ocean temperatures causing marine destruction and massive social and economic impacts. Flamingos splashing pink on the landscape of Cabo […]
Alexandria: Layers of history, levels of threat
Rehab AbdalmohsenIn order to visit Alexandria’s most famous museum, you need to dive into its sea. Much of this ancient Egyptian […]
Drought is already one of the 4 most critical natural hazards in Southwest Europe
CREAFAs a recurrent and extreme phenomenon, droughts are difficult to predict, with high spatial and temporal variability. Together with floods, […]
Global warming causes increasingly aggressive forest pests
CREAFThe great heat waves and accompanying droughts put forests at the limit of their resilience and expose them more drastically […]
Water Management In Cyprus: an ongoing struggle
Martina Valls Carafi
A brand new study reveals an unprecedented change in Europe’s fire regime
CREAFClimate change is the main factor affecting an unprecedented change in the fire regime on the European continent, according to a brand new scientific work. The affected areas are in Southern, Central and Northern Europe but this historical change in Europe’s fire regime is more intense in the Mediterranean area.
Non-potable water in Spain: La Casa Nueva
Gloria BorregoIn Spain, there are people living with non-potable water or that do not have access to safe water. What we found on our first visit to La Casa Nueva in Sagunto (Valencia) is still difficult for us to accept. How is it possible that a few kilometres from a city where thousands of litres of drinking water are wasted, there are people who are consuming non-potable water? In the XXI century and in a country like Spain, there are people who live without the minimum rights. That is the reality.
Follow the sun: breaking down Lebanon’s solar revolution
Karem MonzerPeople in Lebanon are shifting to solar power, seeking independence from an unreliable governmental electricity grid. There is a Lebanese […]
Lebanon floats on groundwater reservoirs… Does it need dams?
Mounir KabalanThe water dams dossier in Lebanon has been one of the most controversial issues in the last ten years. While […]
Reporting on carbon markets in the MENA region
AMWAJ TeamThe Innovate4Climate Journalists Workshop took place on 23 May 2022 within the framework of the Innovate4Climate Conference – the World […]
The Mediterranean basin, the European area most threatened by climate change
CREAFAlmost half of humanity (between 3.3 and 3.6 billion people) lives in high vulnerability to climate change, according to the […]
