Micro documentaries on climate and atmospheric phenomena
Yala Peak is a summit of just over 5,500 m in the Langtang Valley, Nepal. It is not an especially high mountain for the Himalayas, but it offers a splendid viewpoint over the higher and more rugged peaks that surround it. It is regarded as a trekking peak, which can be reached without the use … Continue reading Yala Peak,Himalaya. Nepal.
Meteorology is the science that studies atmospheric phenomena that decisively influence all living beings that inhabit planet Earth. Air temperature, precipitation (or the absence thereof), cloud cover and sunshine, wind, and the rest of the climatic elements condition the climate of each place and allow for lush areas with vegetation and full of life alongside … Continue reading Meteo
Heading out into the countryside, into the white world. Contemplating how the water emerges from the ice and snow, from the sponge that is the soil, the roots of the heather, the moss, and the lichens. Enjoying the luxury of drinking from it. Then sucking on the sleet that has clung to the branches, the … Continue reading Late Snowfall
In this year 2023, we've had a very dry start to the year. It hasn't rained at all since mid-January, and it wasn't until the second half of May that the first showers fell. The parched countryside has turned green again, bloomed, and the cereal crops seem to be recovering. The rivers are flowing vigorously … Continue reading Thermophilic Mushrooms
In landscapes of middle latitudes with relatively temperate climates, the annual course of months and the passing of seasons is manifested by a series of environmental changes that occur each year around the same time but not exactly on the same date. Changes in the physical environment, such as sequences of different types of weather … Continue reading Phenology
We are in the midst of canicula, those summer days when the sun bakes the fields and nature slows down, overwhelmed by the high temperatures. Apparently, the term canicula comes from the Canis constellation, to which Sirius belongs, the brightest star in the sky. In ancient times, the beginning of the hottest season in the … Continue reading Canícula
The Jarama, shortly after its birth, is a wild stream that enjoys running through the mountains, jumping between the rocks with the agility and skill of a cheeky youngster. After being fed by the waters from the highest peaks of Somosierra, it soon becomes a small but impetuous river that flows through mountain meadows, oaks, … Continue reading Sea of clouds and upper Jarama
The history of planet Earth, with its different eras and periods, has gradually been shaped by the fusion of the conclusions of countless scientific investigations and the consequent geological history of many rock formations from each and every region of the world. Summary of geological eons, eras, and periods of Earth About 250 million years … Continue reading Winter in the Serranía de Cuenca
Ice and silence, sub-zero water and winter. Life that stays alive above and below the water, even though we think it hibernates, sleeps, hides, or migrates far away. But it's still there, doing its thing, you just have to look closely, go outside well bundled up, not stay in the abandoned house, and keep walking … Continue reading Ice river
The seas rise and fall twice a day. Many people barely consider it a curious, more or less annoying whim that widens or narrows the beach where they spend their vacations, although for sailors it's another story. In 330 BC, the explorer Pytheas ventured through the Strait of Gibraltar, headed north in search of tin … Continue reading Tides
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