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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

Spain’s meteorologists subjected to ‘alarming’ rise in hate speech, minister warns

A jogger runs along a rain-battered Barcelona promenade on the coast
Barcelona on 27 December. The last days of 2025 were the coldest and rainiest in recent decades in Spain. Photograph: Marc Asensio/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Spain’s environment minister has written to prosecutors to warn of “an alarming increase” in hate speech and social media attacks directed against climate science communicators, meteorologists and researchers.

In a letter sent to hate crimes prosecutors on Wednesday, Sara Aagesen said a number of recent reports examined by the ministry had detected a “significant increase” in the hostile language that climate experts are subjected to on digital platforms.

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