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Tayyarat - تيّارات (“currents” or “streams” in Arabic) brings you opinions, stories and insights into water and energy around the Mediterranean.
Yemen: Groundwater Depletion And Possible Solutions
Climate change impacts how rivers breathe
Climate change tests Algeria’s olive farmers’ resilience
Innovate4Climate Journalists Workshop 2023
Stepping up climate action in the Mediterranean
The effects of waste on Palestinians’ health and environment
Lampedusa: The Forsaken Island
A marine heatwave in the Mediterranean
Alexandria: Layers of history, levels of threat
Drought is already one of the 4 most critical natural hazards in Southwest Europe
Global warming causes increasingly aggressive forest pests
Yemen: Groundwater Depletion And Possible Solutions
Yemen is considered one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. Among the main threats which face the country’s […]
Climate change impacts how rivers breathe
Rivers “breathe” and play a fundamental role in the global carbon cycle. A study recently published in Nature led by an international […]
Climate change tests Algeria’s olive farmers’ resilience
“Olives yields have declined in recent years. Climate change has negatively affected crops, and not one year goes by without […]
Innovate4Climate Journalists Workshop 2023
Innovate4Climate, in collaboration with REVOLVE, will deliver a 4-hour hybrid workshop which will take place in Bilbao (Spain) and online […]
Stepping up climate action in the Mediterranean
Alessandra Sensi, head of the environment, green and blue economy sector at the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), spoke about […]
Lampedusa: The Forsaken Island
Without any freshwater resources, Lampedusa needs renewables for sustainable water access. Lampedusa is Italy’s southern-most island, located off the eastern […]
Alexandria: Layers of history, levels of threat
In 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
As 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
The 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
A brand new study reveals an unprecedented change in Europe’s fire regime
Climate 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
In 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.
