Observation‐based and modeling studies have identified the Eastern Mediterranean and
Middle East (EMME) region as a prominent climate change hotspot. While several initiatives …

Ocean temperature variability is a fundamental component of the Earth's climate system, and
extremes in this variability affect the health of marine ecosystems around the world. The …

Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves
(MHWs) and mass mortality events (MMEs) of marine organisms are one of their main …

The use of regional climate model (RCM)‐based projections for providing regional climate
information in a research and climate service contexts is currently expanding very fast. This …

Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are prolonged extreme oceanic warm water events. They can
have devastating impacts on marine ecosystems—for example, causing mass coral …

Our current 1.1° C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are extreme climatic events in oceanic systems that can have
devastating impacts on ecosystems, causing abrupt ecological changes and socioeconomic …

Marine heatwaves (MHWs) have occurred in all ocean basins with severe negative impacts
on coastal and ocean ecosystems. The northeast Pacific 2013–2015 MHW in particular …

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 response of Posidonia oceanica meadows to global warming of the Eastern
Mediterranean Sea, where the increase in sea surface temperature (SST) is particularly …