Spain

Spain is a country in southwestern Europe located on the Iberian Peninsula, bordered by Portugal, France, Andorra and the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. It has varied landscapes including coastal plains, mountain ranges and semi-arid regions, with climates ranging from Mediterranean to oceanic and continental. Spain is studied in relation to renewable energy, water scarcity, agriculture and climate adaptation.

Image: Firefighters, Paris, wildfire in Gironde
France, Spain battle ‘monster’ wildfires with more heat on the wayNews

France, Spain battle ‘monster’ wildfires with more heat on the way

Bordeaux, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk (Updated 27 July 2026 - 07:08) Firefighters battled massive blazes tearing through forests across France and Spain Monday, as…
SourceSourceJuly 27, 2026 Full article
Image: Fire danger forecast map July 2026
Deadly wildfires in Europe force thousands to fleeNews

Deadly wildfires in Europe force thousands to flee

Lège-Cap-Ferret, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Wildfires fanned by scorching temperatures and strong winds swept through parts of western Europe on Friday, triggering a state…
SourceSourceJuly 24, 2026 Full article
Image: Acid mine drainage, Spain
Acid mine drainage could greatly increase metal mining carbon footprintsClimate

Acid mine drainage could greatly increase metal mining carbon footprints

Startling result in the first comprehensive quantification of CO₂ emissions from acid mine drainage neutralization for metal mining in academic peer reviewed literature. Summary: A…
SourceSourceJuly 22, 2026 Full article
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Thousands flee raging wildfires in southern EuropeNews

Thousands flee raging wildfires in southern Europe

Ille-Sur-Têt, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Wildfires raged across southern Europe on Monday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and prompting officials to…
SourceSourceJuly 6, 2026 Full article
Image; Stunning daylight shot capturing the Eiffel Tower with clear blue skies in Paris
Europe swelters under record-breaking heatwaveNews

Europe swelters under record-breaking heatwave

Paris, France | AFP Europe struggled to cope with a record-breaking heatwave on Wednesday, with at least 94 million people expected to experience temperatures above 35…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2026 Full article
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Europe heatwave closes schools, threatens healthNews

Europe heatwave closes schools, threatens health

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Workers stewed at their posts and children stayed home from school on Tuesday as a choking early-summer heatwave smothered…
SourceSourceJune 23, 2026 Full article
Image; a view of a city from a high point - Alicante, Spain
Spain logs third-warmest year on record in 2025News

Spain logs third-warmest year on record in 2025

Madrid, Spain | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Spain registered its third-warmest year on record in 2025, with 25 single-day heat records set during the period, national…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2026 Full article
Image: People cool off beside the Trocadéro fountains in Paris during a hot summer day
Heat dome over Europe scorches UK, Ireland, France and SpainNewsFacts

Heat dome over Europe scorches UK, Ireland, France and Spain

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Forecasters in Europe warned Tuesday of exceptional heat as record temperatures driven by a "heat dome" push temperatures…
SourceSourceMay 26, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Tagus River, Portugal (s. floods)
Climate change fuelled deadly rainstorms in Iberia, Morocco: scientistsScience

Climate change fuelled deadly rainstorms in Iberia, Morocco: scientists

AFP | WWA | Muser NewsDesk Human-driven climate change intensified torrential downpours that killed dozens and forced thousands of people from their homes across Spain,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 26, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Ebro River upstream of Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Image of the day: Ebro River surge tests Aragón’s floodplains, SpainNews

Image of the day: Ebro River surge tests Aragón’s floodplains, Spain

The Ebro River surge in Aragón in February 2026 has pushed winter flows beyond 1,000 m³ per second through Zaragoza, with forecasts indicating a peak…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 19, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Floods Valencia, Spain
Climate change turbocharged Spain’s Valencia floods: studyFactsNews

Climate change turbocharged Spain’s Valencia floods: study

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Human-driven climate change intensified rainfall that triggered the Spain's deadliest natural disaster in a generation when flash floods hit…
SourceSourceFebruary 17, 2026 Full article
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Strong winds disrupt flights, injure dozens in SpainNews

Strong winds disrupt flights, injure dozens in Spain

Barcelona, Spain | AFP Powerful winds topping 100 kilometres (62 miles) per hour battered Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia on Thursday, injuring 86 people -- three…
SourceSourceFebruary 12, 2026 Full article
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Spain must adapt to ‘new climate reality’, PM says after floodsNews

Spain must adapt to ‘new climate reality’, PM says after floods

Madrid, Spain | AFP Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday warned that Spain must adapt to "a completely new climate reality" following deadly floods that forced…
SourceSourceFebruary 9, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Atlantic Ocean (s. Storm Leonardo)
Image of the day: Storm Leonardo advances across the Atlantic toward IberiaNews

Image of the day: Storm Leonardo advances across the Atlantic toward Iberia

Successive Atlantic storms left little time for recovery across parts of Spain and Portugal in early February 2026. After flooding and coastal impacts linked to…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 7, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Cuenca, Spain
Image of the day: Turbines across Cuenca’s agricultural heartlandNews

Image of the day: Turbines across Cuenca’s agricultural heartland

Across the plains of central Spain, renewable energy infrastructure has become part of everyday rural life. As the International Day of Clean Energy is observed…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 26, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Huelva estuary, Spain
Image of the day: Colours shaped by the Huelva estuaryNews

Image of the day: Colours shaped by the Huelva estuary

The colours shaped by the Huelva estuary form a distinctive pattern along the southwest coast of Spain, where the Tinto and Odiel rivers converge before…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 29, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Canary Islands, Spain (s. calima event)
Image of the day: Saharan dust haze over the Canary IslandsNews

Image of the day: Saharan dust haze over the Canary Islands

A Saharan dust haze sweeping across the Canary Islands in mid-September 2025 brought poor air quality, rising temperatures, and heightened health risks to the archipelago.…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 19, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Spain and Portugal
Image of the day: Wildfire scars spread across the Spain-Portugal borderNews

Image of the day: Wildfire scars spread across the Spain-Portugal border

In early September 2025, the landscape along the border between Spain and Portugal bore the marks of a series of wildfires that swept through natural…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 11, 2025 Full article
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Latest Spain heatwave was ‘most intense on record’News

Latest Spain heatwave was ‘most intense on record’

Madrid, Spain | AFP A 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was "the most intense on record", the country's State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) said on Sunday.…
SourceSourceAugust 24, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Spain, Portugal (s. wildfires)
Image of the day: Wildfires in Spain and PortugalNews

Image of the day: Wildfires in Spain and Portugal

Massive wildfires have swept across Spain and Portugal, forcing evacuations and claiming lives as the Iberian Peninsula endures another extreme summer of heat and drought.…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 20, 2025 Full article
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Spain on heat alert and ‘very high to extreme’ fire riskNews

Spain on heat alert and ‘very high to extreme’ fire risk

Madrid, Spain | AFP | Muser NewsDesk All of Spain was on heatwave alert on Friday, while the weather agency warned that much of the country…
SourceSourceAugust 15, 2025 Full article
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Thousands battle Greece fires as heatwave bakes EuropeNews

Thousands battle Greece fires as heatwave bakes Europe

Patras, Greece | AFP Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked blazes…
SourceSourceAugust 13, 2025 Full article
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Spain busts criminal ring shipping hazardous waste to GhanaNews

Spain busts criminal ring shipping hazardous waste to Ghana

Madrid, Spain | AFP Spanish police have broken up a criminal network accused of illegally exporting hazardous waste to Ghana, authorities said Friday. Three people…
SourceSourceAugust 8, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: Méntrida, Spain (s. wildfire)
Image of the day: Wildfire smoke drifts over MadridNews

Image of the day: Wildfire smoke drifts over Madrid

A fast-moving wildfire burned more than 3,000 hectares near the town of Méntrida in central Spain on 17 July 2025, sending thick smoke north toward…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJuly 19, 2025 Full article