Climate change "is changing precipitation patterns, changes that are going to intensify in the future and that indicate a clear decrease in the availability of water," says the CSIC. 19% of the 267 lagoons sampled have been completely lost as they are already totally invaded by terrestrial vegetation and another 19% have more than 50% of their bucket invaded by scrub and pines.
Only 10% remains in good condition. The deterioration of the Doñana lagoon system is "widespread"