Slovenian marine scientists have sounded the alarm after measuring record-high temperatures at the bottom of the sea. The phenomenon is known as a bottom marine heatwave and can have major repercussions for the ecosystem.
Scientists at the Piran Marine Biological Station of the National Institute o

About a hundred Slovenian municipalities are joining European Mobility Week again this year to promote sustainable ways of travel. However, despite the many initiatives and incentives to make public transport more accessible, Slovenians still largely opt for cars and the country's roads are ever mo

Nineteen quiet areas have been created within the Triglav National Park to safeguard the wild cockerel, the white-tailed ptarmigan and active raised bogs as part of a €3.7 million EU-supported habitat conservation project.
The project VrH Julijcev - Improving the Condition of Species and Habitat ty

Morigenos, a Slovenian dolphin research association, has taken part in a global project that developed a new AI tool to identify individual whales and dolphins in the wild in a bid to improve research into these marine mammals. The association contributed a large number of photos of dolphins it has

A new documentary film showing how the EU-backed Life Lynx project is trying to save the lynx population of the Dinaric and South-East Alpine regions from yet another extinction premiered at Ljubljana's Kinodvor cinema on 11 September, accompanied by the launch of two children's books on the topic.

Climate change and the increasingly warm atmosphere is having a major impact on the oceans and seas. With the Mediterranean warming up faster than the global average, the process is reflecting on the biodiversity of the Slovenian sea with researchers noticing the presence of organisms typical of th

Sand martins, a rare though not endangered bird species, made a strong comeback in Slovenia this year, but the good news has been tampered by floods in early August which destroyed a major nesting site along the Sava, on the outskirts of Ljubljana.
After only 15 pairs were spotted last summer in S

A wave of storms with heavy rains, high winds, hailstones and lightning hit Slovenia on 28-29 August, bringing an abrupt end to summer and causing disruption and flooding in several parts of the country as the scars of the devastating early August flooding are still raw.
The southwestern part of th

Following initial legislative changes to facilitate the flood relief effort, authorities in Slovenia are moving ahead to come up with much-needed additional measures to help affected people and companies. The coalition and opposition seem to be on the same page when it comes to mitigating the flood