#iberian-peninsula

#iberian-peninsula

Archaeology offers a window into how the Reconquista reshaped daily life across the Iberian countryside. Excavations in Valencia and Granada reveal how irrigation systems, farming communities, and fortified villages adapted as Christian rule spread south - transforming centuries of Islamic rural culture into a new medieval landscape. The history, culture, geography and climate of the Iberian Peninsula are varied. The climates of modern-day Spain and Portugal, which face the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, respectively, are significantly different and must be factored in.

Climate change is helping to make wildfires that ravage hundreds of thousands of hectares of land on the Iberian Peninsula every year more common and intense, according to a new study. Researchers from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) network said in the study released on Thursday that the hot and dry conditions driving wildfires in Portugal and Spain, as well as other parts of Europe, were 40 times more likely to occur because of climate change.

The extreme weather that fuelled astonishing blazes across Spain and Portugal last month was made 40 times more likely by climate breakdown, early analysis suggests. The deadly wildfires, which torched 500,000 hectares (1.2m acres) of the Iberian peninsula in a matter of weeks, were also 30% more intense than scientists would have expected in a world without climate change, according to researchers from the World Weather Attribution network.

The Iberian Multi-Generational Adventure Cruise focuses on quality family time by bringing generations together to create meaningful moments and experiences during a sun-washed journey along the Iberian Peninsula.

The Iberian blackouts show how everybody across society can contribute to protecting a nation against disruptive events, according to the government's resilience plan.