Recent accelerated climate change has exacerbated existing environmental problems in the
Mediterranean Basin that are caused by the combination of changes in land use, increasing …

The city of Venice and the surrounding lagoonal ecosystem are highly vulnerable to
variations in relative sea level. In the past∼ 150 years, this was characterized by an average …

The ocean is a key component of the Earth system (Chapter 1) as it provides essential life
supporting services (Inniss et al. 2017). For example, it stores heat trapped in the …

Extreme ocean warming events, known as marine heatwaves (MHWs), have been observed
to perturb significantly marine ecosystems and fisheries around the world. Here, we propose …

Observation and model-based studies have identified the Mediterranean region as one of
the most prominent climate change “hot-spots.” Parts of this distinctive region are included in …

Climate change is expected to have a drastic effect on aquaculture worldwide. As we move
forward with the agenda to increase and diversify aquaculture production, rising …

Potential for, and limits to, adaptation to environmental changes are critical for resilience and
risk mitigation. The Mediterranean basin is a mosaic of biodiversity‐rich ecosystems long …

The Mediterranean is expected to be one of the most prominent and vulnerable climate
change “hotspots” of the twenty-first century, and the physical mechanisms underlying this …

Twenty-first century projections for the Mediterranean water properties have been analyzed
using the largest ensemble of regional climate models (RCMs) available up to now, the Med …

The effects of global warming have been addressed on coral reefs in tropical areas, while it
is still unclear how coral forests are reacting, particularly at temperate latitudes. Here we …