Spain's stance on Palestinian issue shows leadership in Europe: expert

STORY: Spain's stance on Palestinian issue shows leadership in Europe: expert SHOOTING TIME: April 12, 2024 DATELINE: April 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): JOAQUIN BELTRAN, Professor of political science and specialist in Asian studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) 2. various of the plenary session of the Spanish Congress of Deputies in Madrid (Dec. 19, 2023) 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): JOAQUIN BELTRAN, Professor of political science and specialist in Asian studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) STORYLINE: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday reiterated the need for recognizing a Palestinian State as part of the solution to the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Joaquin Beltran, a professor of political science and specialist in Asian studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), emphasized Spain's leadership role within Europe regarding this issue. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): JOAQUIN

Climate change indicated by carbon-reducing marine plankton: Spanish science study

STORY: Climate change indicated by carbon-reducing marine plankton: Spanish science study DATELINE: March 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Autonomous University of Barcelona's Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) 2. various of ocean 3. various of studies on the carbon-reducing marine plankton in the sea and laboratory 4. various of the Port of Barcelona STORYLINE: A recent study at the Autonomous University of Barcelona's Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) shows that climate change might be indicated by carbon-reducing marine plankton. The ICTA-UAB study published in the scientific journal, the Nature Communications, reveals that the exchange of carbon between the atmosphere and ocean is highly modulated by a unique group of photosynthesizing plankton called coccolithophores. Data from the study shows that coccolithophores, tiny algae less than a hundredth of a millimeter, account for 90% of the carbonat