We have been aware that studies were going on in the Sierra Nevada, having seen various contraptions being installed and people manning them, but could not find information on this on the internet, but have found this information from the
Iberian Nature Forum.
The Sierra Nevada is one the most vulnerable sites in Europe to climate change thanks to its position between the Europe and Africa, between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and because of its mountainous nature, with huge changes in habitat in just a few kilometres. The Park?s Observatorio de Cambio Global has now been selected by Unesco as one of ten sites in the world for its climate change studies. Temperatures are expected to rise by 2 degrees in the next 40 years with a fall in rainfall if 10%, reducing significantly the amount of snow with serious affects on the ski industry, irrigtation and biodiversity.
READ MOREAnd for those who want to read it in Spanish here is a piece from
El Pais