Cul-de-sac effect: Why Mediterranean regions are becoming more prone to extreme floods in a changing climate

In May 2023, Italy's Emilia-Romagna region experienced devastating, if not unprecedented, floods that caused widespread ...

Unprecedented decline in marine viruses in western Mediterranean linked to climate change

A team led by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) has described a sustained and unprecedented decrease in the ...
PBS

Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East warming almost twice as fast as global average, report finds

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are warming almost twice as fast as the global average, with temperatures projected to rise up to 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees ...
Mongabay

Cradle of transformation: The Mediterranean and climate change

The Mediterranean region is warming 20% faster than the world as a whole, raising concerns about the impacts that climate change and other environmental upheaval will have on ecosystems, agriculture ...
Yahoo

Scientists pinpoint locations where Earth's seasons are mysteriously out-of-sync

In a few specific and mysterious parts of the world, a short journey can be like traveling through time – and scientists aren't sure what's going on. The phenomenon is called seasonal asynchrony, and ...
Science Daily

Climate crisis drives Mediterranean coral populations to collapse

A new study has revealed that marine heatwaves associated with the climate crisis are bringing down the populations of coral in the Mediterranean, the biomass of which in some cases has been reduced ...
Reuters

Italy's 'Smart Bay' seeks to tackle Mediterranean climate change

Santa Theresa Bay Italy's first underwater 'living' lab Bay provides data to study extreme weather events Marine biologists worried Mediterranean heating up LERICI, Italy, Sept 27 (Reuters) - On Italy ...