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Las altas temperaturas están provocando que las lagunas y las marismas de Doñana pierdan agua rápidamente

La superficie inundada en la marisma es de un 78% pero la profundidad es escasa. Por otra parte, sólo el 1,9% de las lagunas temporales están inundadas. Las precipitaciones crean una oportunidad...

A 130,000 years-old Doñana discovered on the coast of Cadiz

A new study reveals the existence of an ancient coastal plain today located between the towns of Rota, Sanlúcar de Barrameda and Chipiona in the province of Cadiz, in southern Spain. The landscape...

Last weeks’ rains flood only 1.8 % of the Doñana marshes

These values are slightly below average for these dates. The areas with the greatest flooding are El Rocío and los Sotos.
The recovery of the Santa Olalla lagoon is slow, with only 9,6% of its...

Santa Olalla, the largest lagoon in Doñana, dries up for the second year in a row

Since the Doñana Biological Station has kept records, the lagoon has never dried up two consecutive summers. Severe drought and overexploitation of the aquifer are the causes of the serious...

World heritage wetland site under threat from new strawberry farming bill

Scientists from the University of Leeds and the Spanish National Research Council say urgent protection is needed for the fragile Doñana wetlands in Andalusia as the result of the bill which...