Spain’s Catalonia region in worst drought in decades - BBC News
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2024
- Spain’s Catalonia region is experiencing extreme drought.
The Sau reservoir, 100km (about 62 miles) inland from Barcelona, has in recent months become a visible symbol of the situation.
That is because of the sight of the 11th Century church of Sant Romà de Sau, which was submerged when the reservoir was created in 1962.
This part of Catalonia has not seen sustained rain in two-and-a-half years. In early March, the reservoir's water level had dropped to 8% of its capacity.
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Surprised that authorities wait so long before taking drastic steps in reducing the use of water!
most water is used by agriculture, fountains are negligible and only shut off because low-IQ people think that's gonna solve the issue and keep complaining
now that there is less water, they sure will.
@Captain Grimm Good point! They don't like upsetting the voters!
@@stevie-ray2020 It is called hurts the economy.
Because people whine about it.
As a catalan I can tell you, we shoudln't be able to see the church, it should be fully submerged. As a kid I used to visit this place with my parents and in some rare cases we would maybe see the top of the church.
Can be the drought produced by the Spanish Government? Is it due to Franco, Felipe VI or Juan Carlos I? Maybe due to spanish people itselt (specially Andalucia people)? Can be Puigdemont comeback’s and Catalonia independence the solution for the drought?
@@Ginebraconvention Sure thing dude...
I spend my chilhood there in Sau, swiming and rowing. That's devastating. It's like a nightmare. You should see that place in early 90's, a total paradise. My heart is with you catalans and with all my beloved Spain
It’s been the worst draught in more than 200 years and it keeps going. Is really sad to live through this. Three years in a extreme dryness, and if not rain this spring is going to kill crops and a lot of forest it’s going to change our landscape forever.
@Charles Assman So what?
its natural, habitats change and humans should adapt to new habitats...
It seems these are the óptima conditions for reptiles to survive. Coincidence?
@@maricarmensandovalcapa6057 HHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
@@trader2137 natural climate changes doesn't develop so fast
We are witnessing extreme weather affecting people's livelihood
ts not a coincidence that the IPCC starts their data from 1850 . This is the date that the northern hemisphere was coming out of the ''little ice age'' which lasted about 350 years from 1450 to about 1820. So naturally the climate became warmer after this very cold period which saw the Thames river freeze over every winter , and the last time it did was 1815 . we have only warmed up to a level which the same known as the ''Medieval warm period '' which lasted from about 950 to 1400 and was probably hotter than todays temperatures. Why doesn't the IPCC start their data from the year 950 ? because it would destroy their hypothesis that human activity and co2 has caused the recent warming ( which has now stopped)
Good stuff. Focus on money as we edge towards billions dying and soon
@@JamesSmith-qs4hx yes, the northern hemisphere. To be even more precise the north atlantic. Overall global temperatures were not affected by this as it was simply a difference in the way heat was distributed across the globe, not a global decrease in temperatures. Luckily we know all this because scientists have done actual research into it, and not just read a blog or watched a youtube channel spouting BS and then decided that must be true regardless of any further evidence
@@JamesSmith-qs4hx total bull shit
@@WhichDoctor1
What woke YOU up?
A) The holocasut/ww2narrative B) 911 C) Convid, D) The kalergi agenda? E) NOTHING
The fact that I learn about this through BBC instead of my own country’s TV is alarming
Estaba pensando lo mismo…
Qué TV miras? O mejor, en qué planeta vives?
Pues en el telediario de la primera todos los días hablan de la sequía que azota España, desde Cataluña hasta Andalucía...
@@FRAMAMOGA2024 Esque yo no suelo ver la 1, lo que esperaría uno es que en TV3 se hable más de esto
Funny, because I see this every single day on TV. I don't know what TV channels you watch
We have a saying that goes: "En abril, aguas mil", thousands of rain in April. Not anymore. I live in Barcelona and I can't remember when was the last time it rained
En Noviembre
I remember only twice in the last forty years.
In Valencia there was practically a monsoon last last year. Rained daily for quite sometime. Wonder why the difference.
I agree. In the 2013. That was the last time I remember. Walking through Las Ramblas under the rain. But not anymore. Dramatic. Hugs to my beloved Barcelona
Countries should subsidize grey water systems put in homes and major buildings. These farmers need to use grey water hydroponics so that they aren't just using ultra perfectly clean water (potable water) on crops. If we use water more than once we decrease the usage, especially when using grey water rather than potable water for flushing toilets.
Composting toilets would be a good idea also instead of using so much water everytime.
I live in Belgium. In my village, we do not have sewage pipes, so most people have a tank where that stuff goes. Microbes eat it and the water that goes back into the streams and rivers is apparently safe to drink.
It's good for nature, they told us. Please install that kind of system, they told us. You are now going to be taxes for that system, they told us.
The more, gouvernment keeps away from that stuff, the better.
LOL, grey water was invented in Spain. Problem is, some regions are too mountainous to make it work. And grey water would not solve not raining for months.
The only thing to do is reclaim as much as possible and use desalination for drinking water.
I live in Barcelona but originally I'm from Israel, where water was always scares so we built water reclamation facilities all over the country and we reclaim 96% of the sewage and industrial water waste that is use agricultural irrigation and other uses and for drinking water we built 5 desalination facilities that provide more than 50% of potable water and two more are under construction. Before that out main source was the Sea of Galilee, the only big sweet water lake, and groundwater, both were depleting. Today the main water transfer system from the Sea of Galilee was revised to enable pumping Desalinated water to the opposite direction into the Sea of Galilee when needed.
@@cmrd_hdcrb indeed comrade. Fellow Belgian here. Our country has an ack for taxing the shit out of mandatory systems. In wallonia people have to install a so called waterpump etc and an extra tank with overflow, but its also taxed.
In Flanders it's still allright but you get what i mean
I was hiking at the Sau Reservoir a few weeks ago and what I've seen there was absolutely horrific!
Worst of all is that politicians don't dare to implement water saving policies because we're having elections around the corner.
How about holding water authorities to account? They lose BILLIONS of litres a day in leaks.
It's a joke the infrastructure loses about a third in leaks. When asked to fix it they say it's to expensive. What are we paying taxes for then?
We went through a similar situation when we lived in southern Spain.
Water cuts for parts of day an night, limited showers an washing machine etc. Realy tough to do.
Wish you guys out there all the best.
Thank you for telling what is happening in my country. the drought is horrible.
Hope they recover from that drought soon.
It will take a lot of rainfall for them to recover aftet not having had no rain for 2 and a half years in a row
@@stephensnell5707 absolute bullshit, it has rained, don’t believe everything you hear and see 🙈
Spaniard here, no, not really.
Thanks!! ❤
What recovery dude ? Hey it s global warming it s only just the beginning wakeeuuuuup
I was wondering what was at the end of the video, where that huge peak in the replays curve happens. Well, now I know 2:44
Yes! have you ever seen water this blue?
@@Schnittwin Amazing how they bounce up and down. I mean the waves of course! XD
Yea, really incredible clip right there! The story was tense and gripping.
Next time show holes
@@May-gr8bp I too was tensely gripping
Sadly this is only the beginning.
I live in Catalunya and I am really worried. We need rain and lots of it. This summer will be chaos.
i'm the same, i live in Lleida, every day i check the weather forecast and nothing! And if it says that it'll rain by the end of the week, in only a few hours or the next day, the forecast changes and it shows no rain again...
Pray to the relevant Saint, as in the Roussillon :) farmers-in-drought-stricken-southwest-france-invoke-saint-gaudérique-for-rain-perpignan-national-rally
@@GenshinIdiot Esto ocurre por la desidia política. Busca información y veras como se pierden millones de litros al día por tuberías obsoletas. No hay dinero para mantenimiento. Para embajadas y agencias espaciales si hay.
@@miguelrichartmellado2834 va home va. Torna a la cova troll
@@miguelrichartmellado2834 In English, please🤡🤡
It's not just in Catalonia, is in all Spain.
This is just so sad. I hope everything will be fine soon
Spain is perfectly fine, this is total bullshit. Stop being so gullible
Cuánto indepe escocido hay en este vídeo. Tanto les gusta ver a Cataluña mencionada como parte de España como a mí ver a la Comunidad Valenciana integrada en el imperial mapa de los países catalanes.
Y lo de que llamen catalan a tu idioma, otro tanto, tienen un punto imperialista y catalanocentrista esta gente.
Who could imagine a century or more of polluting this beautiful world could cause problems?
And no mention of addressing the underlying problem :(
- Instead 'Less product for consumers'
Yeah literally only an idiot would think this was a result of human activity seeing as more ‘greenhouse’ gas is released from the ocean in a day then the entire human population does in a year.
Oh and carbon dioxide is plant food 😂
if only it was just a century. It's been going on at a faster rate since the 1700's
But the BBC told us that the rain in Spain was the reason why we had no tomatoes
Tomato needs a lot of water so if it doesn't rain we have no tomatoes
I'm sad to tell you that a big amount of the vegetables that european eats don't come from eu even if it says so...
Spain is big enough to have different climates depending on the region. Most of Spain has no water problems
If only we knew why this was happening and could avoid worse.... oh hold on.....
Why?
@@lahabitaciondelatrapado4621 Congratulations for being the only online person to not have heard on anthropogenically driven climate change.
Luckily, we the Spanish are used to not have abundance of water, but this is the longest strike of drought I have lived in my entire life. Those regions which lack of underground waters will literally drink mud or will require to transfer water from other places. I have never seen the rivers so low in my life. Asturias, which is an Atlantic region, is so dry that you can see yellow patches in evergreen places. And taking into consideration that 2022 was the hottest year on record, definitely we will have to adapt or drink the Mediterranean.
El gobierno está fumigando el país para que haga buen tiempo y haya turismo. Puedes verlo perfectamente en el BOE. Además se permite la fumigación para el cultivo de secano.
We the spanish? Spain is Spain and Catalonia is Catalonia.
@@a1000bcn Cataluña es España. Que a ti te hayan lavado el cerebro para creer que sois un país por simplemente tener una lengua aparte del español, es tu problema. Cataluña nunca ha sido nada, solo parte del Reino de Aragón y en la unión de los Reyes Católicos, se unificaron los reinos, todos. Así que Cataluña no es nada, solo un problema de nacionalismo por culpa de las Comunidades Autónomas y como tal eres un xenófobo que te crees mejor que otros españoles y que perteneces a algo superior, igual que los alemanes nazis en su época.
@@a1000bcn Spain is Spain and Catalonia too. There, fixed for you 😅
@@a1000bcnBien dicho españolete
Hopefully, they will recover from thefast enough so that the drought won't take any lives with it 😢🙏🇪🇸
Thanks
And here I thought the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain...
no plain to be seen in spain
@@unanec And apparently no rain either
Maybe we should not drain all reservoirs just to make a cheap electricity?
These droughts and near empty reservoirs will take many years of really wet winters to replenish water levels. Some people think a few weeks of rain will solve the problem!
well, it actually takes just a couple of days of very intense rain to replenish them, it happened several times since its construction, last time 2019 water level rised by 25% in a few hours in january 21st
Blimey,hope the Spanish get rain soon,but no floods.
Rain means floods here, always. Especially the kind of rain needed.
@@Ennio444 👍
The Mediterranean Sea now seems like a puddle between Europe and the Sahara.
no it doesnt.
Isn't it amazing how people never prepare for things like this. In England we get copious rainfall in places like the Lake District. In Australia there's a vast over abundance of rain in the Northern Territories. Yet governments NEVER build infrastructure projects that would protect their countries from foreseeable disasters like these.
That is because herr in the UK in England we get enough rainfall to keep water levels where they are meant to be
@@stephensnell5707 not always. For much of winter, Cornwall for example was in official drought status. Last summer was a lot of very dry weather. Seems to be getting less predictable
Water from the Haweswater and Thirlmere in the Lake District is diverted south, and has been for decades, at least as far as Manchester.
It's because we always have short-sighted idiots in the electorate who don't understand anything and think projects like this are a waste of money.
We have also a saying like 'Cuando en Marzo Mayea, en Mayo Marcea", which means something like, 'when March seems like May, May seems like March', so i hope it's true and rains a lot!
no fish in the rivers - no fish in the lakes...
he actually said fishes*
@@simonb2109 (1:06) Or he's been talking about fish with real self-awareness: *All the fish IS we can find there* - _be all you can be_ ;) :D :)
@@simonb2109 Mientras Buscando a Nemo, "Dory" tal vez habla ballena.
@@markusmuller6173 pues eso no tiene nada de sentido, y, por que cambias de idioma? me estas intentando confundir? pues 1-0 pa mi chaval, hablo español..
Y por que tienes el nombre alemán??? que lío
@@simonb2109 Don't you know the Spanish language version of the quite famous cartoon? ruclips.net/video/Ealw9sa1Dtk/видео.html
I’m from Madrid, last rainfall here was in december :(
Perhaps they should start a big water project in Europe, the largest of its kind. Build huge pipes to transport water across the continent, some countries are suffering from floods, others from droughts, so let´s get started in order to alleviate both matters. And yes, it would be freaking expensive.
nah, seems like a waste
most countries suffer from both, droughts and floods
@@strizzimusicthis comes all down to water management and that in the last hunderds of years humans started to canalize their rivers and streams.
Wich makes navigation of these water ways easier. But it also makes sure the water leaves the mainland faster for the sea to turn salty again.
This is all a project. But not a water project but a project to leave you waterless and control what you eat e g ze bugs... wake up.
All you need to do is stop water companies leaking water.
If you VISIT Spain please don't use to much water
Most water is wasted on less than essential agriculture people need to wise up but no one is listening
Yet, we're welcoming all the tourists to come here.
That was quick. In September 2022 there were floods.
Makes sense. Dry ground from drought is much more susceptible to flooding. What might've been just a normal rain in previous years turns into a flood.
Exactly
The drought is a fact but is also a fact that water in Spain has been used as a political weapon between regions and between politicians resulting in a pathetic management of this scarce resource. The irrigation systems have not being improved since the 70’s, are inefficient and full of leaks, incompetence and ideology are making the situation much worse. Blaming climate change is easy, good planning, efficient investment and good management are nowhere to be seen in Spain.
It seems that the Mediterranean countries are getting the most affected as of now. Spain is in drought, Italy is in drought, France was in drought, Greece was on fire, etc. Even Switzerland is seeing less and less snow. The EU needs to devise a plan for when the Rhine or Danube begins to dry up seasonally lol.
Spain is not in drought 😂😂😂😂
@@hellcat19832 do you see the video?
@@nellam8 the rest of Spain isn't in a drought lol
@@dresdithe what?
i live in the western pirinees , a traditionaly very rainy and cold region , and its not raining , lots of the forests here are dying out due to the lack of water , and it is the third year in a row of drought.
Last year we spent from early may to early october with temperatures over 30 degrees , and we probably had more than a month with temperatures over 40 degrees.
@@dresdi it is, my sister is a farmer in Andalucia and it is very bad, and very worrisome. If important measures arent done food will be scarce, we andalucians produce most of the tomatoes and fruits in the country and the drought is severe. Climate change is a serious problem lets not ignore it
Gracias BBC..para variar hemos pasado de un problema de primer orden,a volver a pelearnos por lo de Catalonia no es Spain!! Bravo!! Llegaremos muy lejos!!
Water intensive farming should not be done in these dry desert like environments. There are crops that are better suited for arid conditions. Perhaps they just don't make as much money but we are all going to suffer as climate will get hotter and hotter...
This is not the end. The temperature is projected to rise by 2 degrees Celsius according to the Paris climate agreement.
While Catalonia has a Mediterranean climate, and as such is not drenched by rainfall like Spain's north coast, it isn't a desert either - in fact a lot of the region's interior is green, and both Catalonia & neighboring Aragon pump water to the drier yet intensely touristic Balearic Islands and Valencian Community in summer. As such this is definitely a concern, and while better agricultural processes might help, these problems are caused by drought - these pictures are not the norm at all for this area in spring!
Global warming is a bunch of bs
@@alevyts3523 so, someone in Paris decide how much temperature should rise?
Those are not desert like environments
Here in SE Asia all the Dams are full for the first times in years.
Im really happy that I live in a country with plenty of fresh water. Atleast for now but hope we will manage it even better.
Fresh ! 🤔. not these days matey
@@williamcaldwell-smith3865 I have my own well that are drilled down into a mountain. In total we are 4 houses in an area of 5km. So don't know how it could not be fresh apart from 🫎 poop 😅
Spain have plenty of fresh water lol is not the Sahara, this drought happen every year and always they say is the worst, but every one have later his fresh water in home xD
We need to use sea water for non drinking activities as there's plenty of it because it's rising and not put pressure on our rivers.
@@joneseskid2326 maybe England I’ll keep my clean filtered loch water thanks.
Imagine wanting to live in a country where the water you bathe your children in can kill them because you have a mentally impaired perspective on the environment.
Actual loonies.
This is a severe crisis and people chose to ignore it
If there are houses under the water pool it means there was no water originally in the first place but it was man made..
that's what reservoir means
lol
Interesting...but sad situation
I have never eaten an artichoke in my life, and looks like I never will do now!
Artichoke dip is yummy.
@@Eusantdac It is one of the best dips.
Roasted or fried artichokes are 😊
Mmm.... Artichokes, they are fire!
Give them to me, I love them!
Grey water for flushing is okay but not for agriculture. High levels of plastics and compounds of increasing concern should not be directed into the food chain.
Queue gratuitous shot of ladies in bikinis. Thanks BBC.
camera man knew the assignment
Desalination plants have been planned for decades now but never got the funding required 😒
Not the answer. Desalination takes loads of power and leads to large quantities of filthy salt slurry being dumped in the sea.
@@emilydavison2053 it doesnt matter if they dump slurry, the salt came from the water and it then is returned to water
@@trader2137 I think it probably does matter to the balance, ecology and wildlife of the sea. Humans are destroying the oceans.
@@emilydavison2053 you can reuse the salt (see salines), still, returning sea salt to the sea does not sound like a concern
Increases taxes and the prices of everything. That will solve the problem.
God and Arabiate other 😢
Spain is already extremely expensive for the working person with high taxes
Joke right? Lmfao
Catalonia region its a chaos...
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain 😁
....Plainly hasn't fallen much anywhere in Spain!
@@stevie-ray2020 The people going to spain wished they'd remained on the plane...
@@lovelybitofbugle219 It never really does fall much on the plain does it? Just a stupid little rhyme really. And in any case the plain corresponds to Spain's interior, nothing to do with Catalonia.
@@_FsEk Ah you must be from the eu?
@@lovelybitofbugle219 Was from the EU, no longer. I do have the option of obtaining a Spanish passport through my dad's side of the family.
Eat ice cream. Enjoy life.
Farming needs a radical rethink. Vertical, hydroponic, etc gotta leave the land to heal
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
First, let’s start with agroindustry misusing the water by raising industrial pigs and cows. regenrative agriculture doesn’t consume as much energy as hydroponics etc
@@hellcat19832 dumbass
Maybe changing the pipelines would be a great idea instead of only blaming climate change. The majority of the network is outdated and produces significant amount of losses, particularly in rural areas.
It's our own fault...we are way of of the Paris climate accord... the temp will rise between 3-5celcius..
im happy that it will rise, im from northern europe so hotter weather will be beneficial for us
@@trader2137 It will mean rising sealevel, for some nations like the Netherlands and denmark this will be a issue.
It will dry out the groundwater, what germany and france are already seeing the impacts from. It will cause Mass migration, something Europe has already had issues with in the last decade.
It effects the ocean, poles and in turn effects the golf stream, if this chance to much North Europe can become a lot Colder.
The paris accord is not only about temperature, and even if you only look at temperature control you are stil off
@@darkbozo11 well its their problem, on other side we will have more habitable lands like greenland or iceland, siberia, alaska etc. maybe some regions in sahara desert will start receiving more rain. Its not our fault anyway, if you look at temperatures and draughts even 2000 years ago the climate was hotter. humans have always migrated if the conditions were not suitable, nowadays we're trying to prevent global warming but its a worthless effort, its impossible, its way more efficient to spend that money developing unhabitated areas
@@trader2137 ''Its not our fault anyway, '' that is not the opinion of the experts, the general scientific population or the evidence.
Again it is not only Temperature that is changing. there is a lot more to climate change.
Changes in salinity of the ocean, of PH lvls of the ocean. Saying o we will just adapt because we have done so before is untrue. We have never had such a major shift, never had such high polution and large of a populations. Never had weapons that can render a large part of the world lifeless ( nukes).
And again, you are assuming the north will become hotter. If the golf stream changes this will not be the case at all.. So all fun making such assumptions but ground your arguments in logic not fallacies...
no it won't and paris climate is complete dribble and trash
Oh for god sake ! The rain is mainly on the plain !
Surprised that as a spanish person, I have just learned about this and not been told by the news, this government needs to leave asap!
maybe it's you who needs to leave the rock you live under... There have been news about this for months.
@@robot4jarvis836 i don't live under a rock, i'm pretty informed and watch the news every day, when i saw this video it was the first time i had heard of this happening in catalonia
What part of Spain are you from?
@@el_saltamontes I don't know about TV, but it has appeared multiple times in El País, El Mundo, El Diario, La Vanguardia... which are among the largest newspapers in Spain.
@@robot4jarvis836 I also read news on my phone but I hadn't heard of this through that either. I'm not doubting what you said but this should have been on national news instead of Ana Obregón and other irrelevant topics. My point was that they don't tell you about the important stuff which might harm your perception of government management. But I guess all governments try to do that to some extent...
Climatic change is here. Politicians all over the world do absolutely nothing.
Catalunia has never prepared for this. In the last couple of weeks I have done a lot of research into the water management in here. It is abysmal how little they do, knowing that this could happen.
Spain is the 1st european country in number of dams, rain didnt appear this year
Instead, they prefer to put all their money in ridiculous independence bullshit. They are criminals.
I'm catalan, I can tell you that nobody thinks in our Government. Stupidity is the most common attribute of our politicians.
I'm catalan, I can tell you that nobody thinks in our Government. Stupidity is the most common attribute of our politicians.
@ Amén
España por su característica geográfica y climático es un país tendente a sequías y elevadísimas temperaturas Se necesita un plan hidrológico naciónal!! Es un tema de estado.Desafortunadamente,nuestros nefastos políticos no lo entienden.Cada autonomía va por libre.Con ese egoísmo y cortedad de miras,España está cada día más destrozada
_Oh sh** here we go again_
Why is a yellow filter applied on the images?
where?
We must act now to stop climate change
No. We have to start war measures across the globe to save what we can. Our civilization is done
Thanks mate climate change is gone now
@Mr Rayong No one cares about your musings, Imbecile
Mate, do you even know how rainfall occurs and what the effects and differences of el nino and la nina are?
@Mr Rayong USA has a higher historical burden on the environment. Why don't you get a time machine and tell them to stop
Then
I'll
Listen
So what you're saying is the rain in Spain is not falling mainly on the plain? In seriousness though.. I feel for the predicament :-/
Ah, @2:45...as long as it means more bikinis, I don't mind climate change! Jeez, that was a nice pair!
Creo que os intentan convencer de que la falta de suministro de verduras se debe a que en España no se gestiona el agua. España es algo más grande que Cataluña y en Europa no faltan verduras.
No no intentan convencer de nada, basta con vivir en España y ver cuanto lleva sin llover, como están los campos y los pantanos...
Almost endless rain in Wales. Surely, there is a way to divert it to arid lands. Saw years ago, in Afghanistan, were able to create rain clouds.
What happened to this?
Totally inefficient.
it would insanely distabilize world climate
@@unanec No it wouldn't, it's just inefficient and expensive.
@@sandersson2813 can be used as a weapon
@@unanec No it cant
i has nothing to do with a drought or lack of rain, it happens all over Spain because of the abuse of electric Companies who are also owners of the Damps in the country, they waste water to have cheaper electricity to sell outside Spain, to France for example, and also to have and excuse to then sell to us the same electricity but more expensive, saying " o no look, dumps are low because of the luck of rain". The only exception are the places where Water Damps are old and date back to Roman empire, medieval times or XV Century times, which are the only Damps which cant be use for energy generation, and somehow magically have always water. People is starting to notice this and the debate is open in the country, sure climate change doest help, but rain is not the main cause, only that autorithes depend of the electric companies so they dont say anything about it.
As a catalan that "Spain region" in the title hurts a lot
But we are about to die because the world is ending anyway so who cares
Yes yes
La verdad duele.
Well most of the world has no clue where any spanish region even is, except maybe Andalucia, because..well Al-andalus.
@@KelebMoonDancer yeah but the issue is that Catalonia is something more than a mere Spain region. We are a different nation and although we are part of the spanish state most of catalans are on favour of independence. So to define Catalonia as a Spain Region is pretty messed up.
So many people still think this is all fake
Many people don’t think it’s fake but many people question if humans are responsible as is the current agenda .
@@tonemc6047 Many do
Every time something happens there is a movement denying it.
@@marcguerao2 This is an agenda to restrict movement ,control the masses and increase the gap between rich and poor.
Some people are highly attuned that they are being lied to are you??
We in Spain have got sun! Yes! We have got sun and nothing else 😢😅
Absolute BULLSHIT! Lots of rain in Spain. It isn’t a desert
3/4 of Spain has no water problem whatsoever. In Madrid, for example, this Autumn/Winter has been very wet and the reservoirs(there is a network of huge reservoirs around Madrid)are full at 65-70%, we have water for many years even if it didn't rain for a long time. Let alone the Atlantic coast (Spain's Atlantic coast is actually longer than the Mediterranean coast) and surrounding areas which are fed up with so much rain this year. The problem is just on the Mediterranean coast and even there it is not so bad in most cities thanks to the desalting facilites. The specific problem is Catalonia which is extremely badly managed politically.
Plant trees and build made lakes.
what does that mean
Em fa tant de mal el "Spain's Catalonia region" com el "worst drought in decades"
Cony Eloi, seguim sent una regió més per culpa dels polítics de merda que no van saber fer la seva feina. Ens mereixem seguir ser tractats com a regió. Si fessim com a França, que fins que el poble no guanya, aturen el país fot temps que seriem independents, però com hi ha molt còmode estem com estem.
This is sad climate change
Active Global Geoengineering. Weather modification for many years
@Mr Rayong instead, yawn to capitalism
@@sunnyfairclough2906 You are so right! Actively pumping several billion metric tonnes of CO2, and other such gasses into the atmosphere has been actively modifying our global climate!
boring and lies
The Brits who moved to Spain years ago will soon come to regret that decision in a few years.
they will not LOL, Spain is currently the best country to live in europe and in 5´+ years will be the best country in the world, more britts will come
O no
Parece que estáis deseando que nos caiga el Apocalipsis!!
I'm from Catalonia. We're talking about this sometimes, but not more than inflation, politics or Barça for example. Maybe we're wrong and the apocalipsis is coming but i don't know i think not.
So you don't believe in climate change despite the facts? Cool! You'd think you'd care about the future of your country and the planet. But you do you.
@@SilverEye91 he lives there you don't figures right
@@bonysminiatures3123 So what?
I was near Valencia in the Spring of 2019 for two months and it absolutely poured on several occasions. They call that particular weather phenomenon the gota fria (cold drop) and it belted down for 4 days over Easter literally without stopping. I guess they can’t have had any rain worthy of mention since.
I live near Barcelona. Cold drops were unusual phenomena, I should say once every ten years or so... But this is related to Mediterranean sea water hotter than ever, strong East winds and cold air on atmosphere. Now we can have it every year, after summer, the sea water keep high temperatures til october, then we have strong rains in the coast (but none in the mountains) and sudden floods. Of course climate is changing!
California is having the wettest and snowiest winter since records began in 1952. We just topped the 1952 record. So since 1952 we have the same climate.
Firstly, we don't: the average temperature of the earth has been proven to be rising for some decades. Secondly, if you've just had the wettest winter since records began, then clearly the extremes are being changed by new records, therefore demonstrating clearly that climate change is happening.
That is remotely not how that works. How do you think CA dealt with prior almost 20 years of drought? By pumping out groundwater. The sheer magnitude of that groundwater doesn't get replenished easily and keep in mind drier ground can absorb much less moisture.
So when the next drought hits, CA will have much less room to manouver.
One anomaly doesn't fix a systemic problem.
Your records began in 1952?😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@franksanteugini1071 That isn't how it works. Records only going back to 1952 tell you fuck all.
Your logic has got two fallacies.
- You cherrypick a year which suits your views.
- One outlier does not change the fact of climate change.
They need to be digging the reservoirs deeper, to help reduce evaporation. This is the perfect opportunity to do that.
Catalonia is not Spain, no cardem!
Exactly❤
Seguid soñando
ja ja ja, tranquilo tomate una tila y no mires tu pasaporte.
ARRIBA ESPANYA COÑÑÑÑOOO🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
it is spain, i googled
There's a company called "Arctic Ice Project." They have a reflective silica powder, that when spread over new ice, it could help that ice survive the summer and therefore grow!
It might be possible to protect those precious glaciers in the Pyrenees with this powder. This powder or dust is composed of micro hollow spheres. I've heard that they've conducted tests and it's not harmful to life.
Wow, glad to see BBC complying with their own rules for one and mentioning that Catalonia is actually in Spain. Someone must've reminded them of their own editorial guidelines, the ones they usually follow when it's convenient to their own narrative but forget when they're covering topics about other places.
And why shouldn't say it? Catalonia is still a Spanish region since the Catalan politicians sold out.
Dejen de controlar el clima y de robar agua de los acuíferos (no hablo de agricultores, si no de gente mucho más arriba y corporaciones) y la cosa volverá a la normalidad
Weather…..again 🙄
I'm sorry reality is so annoying. Go watch some cartoons
Stop chemtrailing our country.
God love them.❤️
Great way of showing it...
As you once said about the Mi5, tosspot
I live in California. Sixteen years of drought and it's finally over. However, it's a mediterranean climate, like Catalonia. Some of the drought issues are cyclical, in other words, normal. Fires and drought are characteristics of a mediterranean climate. Greece has it, Spain has it, California has it, etc. It's always a good idea to conserve water for the dry periods since one never knows how long it's going to last. It's raining all week in Barcelona and other parts of Catalonia this week. Patience.
I bet all those Catalan independence activists have been real quiet now that Catalonia needs or is going to need help from the rest of Spain :?
depends if they actually do get help from spain. We sure didnt get any from the brits when they ruled us. We will see........
Oh please, Spain never helps.
They have been not and Spain is not wanting/able to help Catalonia
people wasted too much water, this is what happen not just in barcelona, is all over the world.
Its more to do with the missing forests, cut down for shipping, and fuel during the age of sail. Greece suffers in a similar way, from the same environmental damage. Trees should still be there, and the simplest way to restore a semblance of temperate weather, is to plant more carbon sinks, sorry TREES! They also clean the air, provide oxygen, stabilise soil, and in some cases, provide food. Reforestation is key, because they will also suck up the excess CO2, btw the earth is now greener as a result of the extra CO2, which is good for food production! so yeah, theres a solution, that doesnt involve private jets, IPCC, St greta or the HUGE money-go-round that CC has become, its a SCAM, we knew the solution decades ago - yet the Amazon jungle is still shrinking. WTAF!! Weather or temperature is not extreme, look at the records, dont listen to 'the message', humans are not a cancer on the planet, but we do now have the power to be responsible - CHINA! should know better than burning coal, and using dung and wood to cook elsewhere is crippling both the the atmosphere, and the people - can we level up the third world, for free?? some decent power stations on lend lease long term perhaps for Africa and Asia/India where pollution is killing inhabitants, yet they (PRC) build more and more coal-fired power stations, to make our poor quality built in obscelence, disolving and un-repairable consumer goods cheap - go figure. Bloody mad innit, well I am.
@@jettyharrison4377 exactly, the Spanish Armada was 100% wooden sailing vessels. Now the place (Spain) is a desert. Greece's empire was also dependent on timber, and so was Rome, the Mediterranean basin once had 500 million acres of forests, we did that. Trees are so simple, yet when they are gone, deserts remain. What isnt good about trees? homes for creatures, building products, paper, bio fuel, O2, CO2 sink, anti-soil erosion, fruit and nuts, they even look nice! Yes the age of sail doomed forests, and we need to replant them. Germany, which is nearly landlocked, still has huge old forests, I like old forests, woodland, the wildlife amongst it all, clearings for camping, villages towns and settlements can still happen, just make more trees in between! One first rate ship of the line during the age of sail took 4000 oak trees to make.......think about that for a few moments, if the trees could speak...
@@mistag3860 Have you ever seen a map of forest distribution in Europe? Catalonia is anything but a desert and has no lack of trees.
@@igorokinamujika2073 And London is more than 50% green spaces - what is your point? Since the clearing of land for arable and livestock farming, which started at least 4000 years BC, and the subsequent use of trees for ships ie 4000 oak trees = one ship of the line, Europe has been cleared! and the desertification is the exact article above - it IS the subject matter, no soil, no trees, = drought conditions. Exactly what one would expect when deforestation occurs on such a huge scale. If desertification, due to deforestation hadnt happened, this discussion would not even be. Its a lively debate, as we can now look back, and take samples of what occured during even neolithic times, from pollen samples taken. Archeology is still un-locking the past, and removing climate changing artifacts such as most of the forests, started the rise in AGW, or excess CO2 caused by man, as long ago as stonehenge. The debate will rage on - millions of cows, sheep, pigs and chickens, to feed billions of humans, plus the mega efficient arable farms have altered the climate as well as coal and oil burning. As I keep boringly repeating, can we please plant more trees, its the first, and easiest step, to attempt at repairing the historical damage, if that is even possible! Plus we get more O2, less CO2, and fruit and nuts! Catalonia must be nice, so is the New Forest in England, but they are islands in a sea of thoughtless land clearance. I like TREES! resistance is futile, happy easter :)
@@mistag3860 this problem is totally unrelated to trees. Catalonia has a large amount of forest and trees. It is about climate change... The rain cycle has been altered. We never saw anything like that. It just stopped raining like it used to do. Very worrying.
@@nixxxon18 Yes, you are right, it is a serious event, 70 years since similar conditions. I dont claim to have any quick solutions! The land immediately to the west looks both very yellow (on google earth), and intensively farmed, I'm gunna guess that has something to do with low rainfall, although re-foresting is not in any way a 'cure' or fix in the short term. The reservoirs are nearly empty! It looks like trouble, and as 24% of water is lost to leaks, there's an immediate way to help - fix the leaks! Also, cloud seeding is now a thing, to cause rainfall, has that been mooted? Being on the east of a landmass is always gunna cause low rainfall, thats a planet-wide phenomena, so what now? I dont think adopting EVs, recycling waste, and turning devices off at the wall is going to help much either! It pains me to know that people are killed and displaced each spring in Bangladesh, at the feet of the Himalayas, all that fresh spring water!...Elon Musk and the like should be tasked with solutions that involve moving that water from where it kills, to where it is needed. (not going to bloody mars ffs) Irony is not always funny, its cruel to have some die in floods, whilst other die of lack of water - freshwater canal anyone? or use the huge tankers to transport it, on their empty return runs...Im sorry if i sound frivolous, or un-caring, I just muse over problems and come up with daft ideas, but sometimes, somebody may stumble upon solutions. Good day 2u
Catalonia drought, we're unforgettable, daisy dukes...
Spain should not be spending a penny on lowering their carbon emissions as that won't help them; they should be spending all their time, money, and resources on protecting themselves from the possible ravages of climate change!
do you not think that statement contradicts itself?
@@simonb2109 Nope, not at all...that was precisely my point!
@@gregmoore167 ah, sarcasm is easier to listen to than to read.
I mean, this is a presioner dielma. It doesn't matter if we don't emit carbon emissions, when you have india that is literally emiting 100 times more than us.
@@simonb2109 what sarcasm? reducing carbon emissions wont do a thing for spain, meanwhile investing in waterworks will... are you out of your brain or something?
Soil degradation is one of the resons agriculture will take a harder toll on this drought. With low organic content the soil cant absorb water properly. #savesoil
don't extend US poblems to the rest of the world, we got that solved since the middle ages
Let's pray for the people of Catalonia but oh my God I'm the first person to comment on a BBC video
The Bible said this would happen. It’s says for how they treated his ppl he would judge these countries. And one of the judgements is to dry out their lands. The African slave trade was actually African Israelites the whole world went after 🤫💡💡. Amos 9 verse 7 kjv .
@@factsoverfear9771 also that a guy walked on water...... Nuff said
@@factsoverfear9771 - Get lost, deranged, culture appropriating cultist.
@@skepticalwhiteguy And we all came from and exploding nothingness. Sent here to live and die and that’s it eh lol. Live and believe as such if you wish lol 😊. Even if you do not believe Karma alone should tell you that judgement is coming also 💡
@Facts over Fear ok but the guy who walked on Water, how he do that?...
Spain is dying, and no one seems to care. Not the local authorities, not the central government, not the rest of european countries... Only thing that seems to matter, is that lots of tourists come here. Its sad, infuriating... Us mediterranean countries (politics and population) seem to not care at all about anything that will happen more than 4 years ahead.
Full of airplanes spraying chemtrails/geoengineering every day... i check it every day...
It emerged 12 years ago, but soon got submerged again, mother nature will do what she needs to do.
What?