Ara Balears in English - climate emergency

The Balearic Islands will lead the increase in heatwaves until 2050

ARA Balears — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:40:58 +0000

The Balearic Islands will be one of the territories in the State most affected by the increase in heatwaves in the coming decades. According to the Atlas of Heat Vulnerability, developed by the urban analysis group Trescientosmil and the Department of Earth Sciences of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center within the framework of the European project Impetus4Change, the Islands and the Catalan coast lead the forecasts for the increase of this phenomenon until the year 2050.

Apocalypse and banality

Nanda Ramon — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:15:47 +0000

I'm writing this article in mid-November from 39°N 2°E. In Palma, of course. Today we reached 26°C and the low didn't drop below 20°C. Before this article is published, the high will fall nine degrees below today's low, and the snow level will be at 600 meters. By the end of the week, we'll see another rise above "normal" values. A sprawling summer and a rollercoaster of temperatures—a lethal combination for nature reserves, agriculture, and safety. From my window, I see Christmas decorations, churro stands, and chestnut vendors. People are strolling around in sandals, shorts, and tank tops. They don't seem worried.

Imagine the (im)possible

Margalida Ramis — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:31:24 +0000

These days, when the reality of the era of humanity we have been called to live through far exceeds, and is worse than, the worst scenarios we thought possible regarding the genocidal impunity of the State of Israel against Palestine, are precisely when the (im)possible are in dispute. And this is shown to us by the people of Palestine themselves and the determination of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which, as I write this article, and despite the illegal detention of part of that flotilla, continues its course toward Gaza to break Israel's murderous siege. We need the impossible, now more than ever.