The crystal-clear waters and strong Mediterranean light allow for a view of the rock and sand bottoms, their green and turquoise colors, and the intense blue of the posidonia beds. Feeling them makes my mind dive into a sea that witnessed the birth of history. Those who brought the fluid of several civilizations sailed these … Continue reading Scuba diving in Cabo de Gata
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
Walking along a deserted beach on a Caribbean island brings real images to those exotic landscapes from movies that we could only imagine during our formative years. After seeing so many images, they somehow feel familiar to us, but we knew they were very far away. When, after a fantastic meander where the Limon River … Continue reading Reaching the end of the river
He walks on the water, explores the deep, inquires and wonders with each silk cast and when the fly lands on the current. The young fisherman dares to explore new weathers, small rivers trapped in canyons where only the path of deer and otters, wolves and deer, instinct and desire to discover the world can … Continue reading Young fisherman
More than a million years ago, the Günz glaciation occurred, followed by the Mindel glaciation half a million years ago, the Riss glaciation two hundred thousand years ago, and the Würm glaciation eighty thousand years ago. Kilometers of ice rose and fell in slow tides, changing the landscapes and what could live in this inhospitable … Continue reading Relict oaks
Water is very clever and flows where it costs less; with time as its ally, it erodes and destroys everything in its path with the sole aim of reaching lakes and oceans quickly and comfortably. The landscape knows water and the rest of the elements very well; they have all worked together for millions of … Continue reading Management of the natural environment and wildfires
At times, the emptying of reservoirs reveals submerged towns, the remains of rural shipwrecks in the form of ruined mansions, mills, fulling mills, bridges, or drowned forests. However, that deceptive drought, that threatening emptiness, shows us the river that was, with gentle or tumultuous currents, clear waters, and curious fish. In that brief space between … Continue reading River mirage
Nobody likes to drink water that has a color, whether it comes from a "mineral" water bottle or from our taps. If it has color, regardless of what color it is, it's a bad sign, as it indicates terrible flavors, foul smells, and gastric problems. However, we have become accustomed to the fact that the … Continue reading The colors of water
Geology, the science that arises from the need to explain the origin of the formation of our planet, starts -like all sciences- from the human being's curiosity to understand the environment in which he lives and the one he can glimpse. Until the arrival of rational thought, the answers to phenomena that we did not … Continue reading Geology of the Gallo River
I'm going to tell you a story about two populations of fish, two situations I have recently experienced that are happening. I would like to say that they are just an example, but I'm afraid they are a reflection of many other situations. The first one is about the cyprinids of the Duero River and … Continue reading Fish Chronicles
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