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 

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 …

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

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

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

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

What are western disturbances?

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

A sea of stories

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Dirt in the Sea

Bacterial blot

Pathogens behind coral bleaching, say scientists

Sulphur breathers

Anoxic ocean beds were found to harbour multicellular life  

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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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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Greece may experience tsunami before century-end

In short

Environmental emergency in Lebanon after trash heaps caved in

Cleanup of oil spill begins in Lebanon

Ecological disaster looms large over Lebanon

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EU tightens rule to protect tuna