Spain 2021: energy policy review
The International Energy Agency (IEA) regularly conducts in-depth peer reviews of the energy policies of its member countries. This process supports energy policy development and encourages the exchange
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Analysis of atmospheric vertical profiles in the presence of desert dust aerosols
<p>The present work aims at studying a very recent episode of desert dust transport that affected Iberia in mid May 2015. The dust aerosols were detected over Évora, where a varied set of instrumentation
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Hygroscopic properties of atmospheric aerosol measured with an HTDMA in an urban background site in Madrid
<p>The observation of high aerosol hygroscopic growth in Madrid is mainly limited to specific atmospheric conditions, such as local stagnation episodes, which take place in winter time. One of these episodes
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Attributing trends in extremely hot days to changes in atmospheric dynamics
<p>This paper presents a method for attributing regional trends in the frequency of extremely hot days (EHDs) to changes in the frequency of the atmospheric patterns that characterize such extraordinary
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Man has been polluting Earth since the Middle Palaeolithic: Heavy metal contamination caused by Neanderthal fires dates back at least 450,000 years
Heavy metal pollution, typically caused by mining and smelting, is a major threat to human health - but the problem is seemingly not new. Researchers have found the earliest signs of such man-made
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Mediterranean diet and invasive breast cancer risk among women at high cardiovascular risk in the PREDIMED Trial
<p>Breast cancer is the leading cause of female cancer burden, and its incidence has increased by more than 20% worldwide since 2008. Some observational studies have suggested that the Mediterranean diet
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Five die, six injured in explosion at Spanish fireworks factory
Five people died and six were injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory on Monday near Zaragoza in northeastern Spain, officials said. The cause of the blast at the factory on the outskirts of
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Wildfire destroys over 2,000 hectares in northwest Spain
MADRID - A wildfire which began at around mid-day on Sunday has destroyed around 2,000 hectares of woodland in the Community of Galicia in the northwest of Spain. The Galician Department of Rural affairs
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Europe fails on electronics recycling goals
Only a third of Europe's electronic waste is properly recycled, with vast numbers of cellphones, computers and televisions illegally traded or dumped, a study led by the United Nations and INTERPOL said
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A scientific basis for regulating deep-sea fishing by depth
<p>The deep sea is the world’s largest ecosystem, with high levels of biodiversity and many species that exhibit life-history characteristics that make them vulnerable to high levels of exploitation.
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Europe Impacted by Worst Drought Since 2003
It's not just California that's dealing with a drought. Much of the European continent has also been impacted by severe drought in June and July 2015, one of the worst since the drought and heat wave of