"What we see is unprecedented change." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mediterranean ecosystems face severe risks from warming seas, acidification, and sea-level rise, threatening marine life and ...

Across its basins and thousands of meters down, the Mediterranean Sea is getting warmer and saltier. Now, a new study finds ...

In recent years, the Mediterranean Sea has been hit by a series of marine heatwaves that gravely threaten its native species and the livelihoods of people who depend on them. In the summer of 2022, ...

On 13 August the Mediterranean averaged 28.54°C, its highest level since comparable records began in 1940, Aemet reports, capping a summer with the warmest July on record at sea and in mainland Spain.

According to Fox Weather, satellites monitoring sea surface temperatures in the Mediterranean basin identified highs that were "consistently breaking records" throughout June. Vast swaths of the ...

The Mediterranean Sea dropped during the Messinian Salinity Crisis—a major geological event that transformed the Mediterranean into a gigantic salt basin between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago. Until ...

An Iranian leader threatened on Saturday to close off the Mediterranean Sea in retaliation for the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, local media outlets said. Israel and the West “shall soon await the ...

The Mediterranean Sea accounts for less than 1% of the world’s ocean surface water, but it contains roughly 18% of global marine biodiversity. It is home to 150 million people along its coastline ...

The Mediterranean Sea is warming and becoming saltier at an accelerating pace, with major changes now reaching thousands of ...

A new study suggests the Mediterranean Sea was the warmest during the Roman Empire than any other time in the past 2,000 years The research, published in Scientific Reports, notes the Mediterranean ...