Eastern Mediterranean, West Asia warming 2 times faster than global average: Report

Temperatures projected to rise by up to 5°C by 2100

What are western disturbances?

Here's a prime on this wind that come from the west towards India

Human-induced climate change could increase ‘Medicanes’, say experts

Extra tropical storm ‘Ianos’ slammed into Greece recently, killing three people

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More rainfall, snow in India in next 30 years: Report

Majority of India will see 30% relative increase in precipitation by end of century

Climate change is causing Western Disturbances to weaken; here is how

The warming of the Arctic and the Mediterranean Sea mean that Western Disturbances are striking India less in winter and more in summer; with …

New research suggests modern humans lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, in Neanderthal territories

It isn’t a stretch to assume that people in the Mediterranean had access to boat technologies 54,000 years ago and used them to explore …

The Mediterranean is warming three times more than the oceans: Study

The warming is twice as fast in inland and high areas

Dirt in the Sea

Bacterial blot

Pathogens behind coral bleaching, say scientists

Overeaters, Mediterranean diet is the answer to your problems

Despite containing similar proportions of fat, protein and carbohydrates, this diet could lower the risk of obesity, pre-diabetes, and …

Summers may last 6 months, winters only 2: Recent study

Between 1952 and 2011, summer duration increased to 95 from 78 days. In winters, it decreased to 73 from 76 days

Eating these three fatty fish can help kids fight asthma

A clinical trial finds that eating a Mediterranean diet with salmon, trout, and sardines can improve lung function in children with asthma

Sulphur breathers

Anoxic ocean beds were found to harbour multicellular life  

Boiling Siberia shows temperature swings may be increasing: Experts

The warming of the Arctic, as seen by the Siberian heatwave, may also impact western disturbances in India

Severe heatwave in Mediterranean Sea for 70 days, mass mortalities in marine life expected

At 27ºC, sea temperatures now close to late Cretaceous period of dinosaurs 

The Dead Sea is sinking

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Mediterranean Sea accumulating plastic debris

Plastic remnants have been found in the stomach of small fish, seabirds, turtles and sperm whales which abound its waters

Destruction of marine life

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'Climate change to impact suitability of tropical agricultural lands by 2100'

Suitability will shift to higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere

Sponged to death

Natural sponges from the Mediterranean Sea are fast disappearing. Global warming and overfishing figure among the list of perpetrators of this …

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