In the 1970s, Almería was still a small and rural agricultural area of southern Spain. In 40 years, an area of around 20,000 hectares has been transformed into a giant greenhouse, producing millions of tons of vegetables for export to both Europe and the rest of the world.The number and volume of greenhouses are so high that they are clearly

Iceland is Europe's second largest island. You will find it at the southern tip of the Arctic Circle. Even though it is so close to the Arctic, Iceland has a surprisingly mild climate, because the tail end of the Gulf Stream Current carries heat with it through the Atlantic Ocean from the Southern Tropics. And the intersection of two tectonic

Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf.Dubai has recently attracted world attention through many innovative large construction projects. In recent years the city has become symbolic for its skyscrapers, in addition to ambitious development projects including man-made islands. The impact of these

On 13 May 2020, one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites captured this cloudless image of the Corinth Canal in Greece.The Corinth Canal is an artificial canal that connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea, cutting the isthmus that separates them in two. It was inaugurated on 25 July 1893, after eleven years of work. It measures 6.3

An online workshop on coastal zone management was carried out by the Swedish National Space Agency on 15 May 2020.