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Asterousia Hybrid University confronts sustainability challenges in water management
In response, the 2024-2025 edition of the Asterousia Hybrid University, co-organised by MIO-ECSDE and UNESCO, focused on ...
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6 SA towns that feel like they’re in the Mediterranean – but cheaper
South Africa has towns that mirror the Mediterranean lifestyle - minus the packed beaches and overpriced menus! Here are a ...
Crowds wave off Navy flagship as it sets sail for Indo-Pacific
Thousands of families and well-wishers lined the harbour walls in Portsmouth to wave off the Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Prince ...
How 50 years of climate change has changed the face of the 'Blue Marble' from space
The "Blue Marble" was the first photo of the whole Earth and the only ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of ...
Defending migrants was a priority for Pope Francis from the earliest days of his papacy
Advocating for migrants was one of Pope Francis ' top priorities. His papacy saw a refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, ...
Pope Francis set the Vatican on a path toward tolerance in a changing world
Longtime Vatican observers say that along with Francis’s radical refocusing of Church priorities came a hierarchical overhaul ...
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Scientists warn iconic Mediterranean staples could soon be out of reach: 'We cannot afford to lose them'
The Mediterranean diet is known as perhaps the healthiest on the planet. However, our changing environment poses a serious ...
Venomous aquatic invader spreads across Israeli coasts, Europe thanks to climate change
The venomous aquatic invader comes in four sub-species, two of which are currently found in the Mediterranean.
Pope Francis' acts of kindness - from coffee runs and minibus rides to historic gesture
Humility and humanity were the hallmarks of Pope Francis’s 12-year reign, and his common touch quickly saw him dubbed the ...
Endangered sea turtle populations show signs of recovery, survey finds
Overall, the sea turtle story is one of the real conservation success stories," said Duke ecologist Stuart Pimm.
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A Megaflood Created the Mediterranean Sea
Imagine the Mediterranean Sea dried up. Then imagine the Atlantic refilling it in less than two years. That seems to be what ...
Global warming has tripled the length of marine heat waves since 1940, modeling study finds
A trio of environmental scientists at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas—Universidad de las Islas Baleares, working with a pair of ...