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Mediterranean

A fault segment offset an agricultural field during the Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence.
Posted inFeatures

The 2023 Türkiye-Syria Earthquakes Shifted Stress in the Crust

by Erin Martin-Jones 24 August 202329 August 2023

In February, a devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the eastern Mediterranean, triggering a second major jolt and a cascade of aftershocks.

A satellite image dramatically displays the depths and heights of the Mediterranean Basin.
Posted inAGU News

Beyond the Wine-Dark Sea

by Caryl-Sue Micalizio 24 August 202329 August 2023

Innovative research on hazards in the Mediterranean is helping scientists contribute to safer communities in the basin and beyond.

View from ground level of the Pantheon in the Piazza della Rotonda in Rome at night, with small piles of hail in the foreground
Posted inScience Updates

How Hail Hazards Are Changing Around the Mediterranean

by Sante Laviola, Giulio Monte, Elsa Cattani and Vincenzo Levizzani 27 February 202324 August 2023

A new method for studying hailstorms from space offers more consistent and more complete views of how and where hail forms, and how climate change might influence hail’s impacts in the future.

Image overlooking a rocky coastline and water just after sunset with a bright blue line representing a fiber-optic cable curving over the water and rocks
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Internet Cable Reveals the Source of Underwater Vibrations

by Saima May Sidik 30 September 202230 September 2022

A novel use of an existing fiber-optic cable off the coast of Spain has clued scientists in to how seismic noise is generated in the ocean.

Map of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East with air temperatures shown with color.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Face Rapid Climate Change

by George Zittis and Jos Lelieveld 25 August 202221 February 2023

Observational and modeling studies identify the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East as a prominent climate change hotspot associated with weather extremes that have major impacts on society.

A photo of Renato Funiciello in the Dolomites Mountains of the Alps in 2005.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Renato Funiciello, an Inspiration to Modern Geology in Italy

by M. Meghraoui 24 June 20219 November 2022

A special collection in Tectonics on geodynamics in the Mediterranean region celebrates the life and work of the renowned Italian geologist Renato Funiciello.

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“Neural Networks Map the Ebb and Flow of Tiny Ponds”
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“Collaboration Helps Overcome Challenges in Air Quality Monitoring”
By Muki Haklay

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“What We Know and Don’t Know About Climate Tipping Elements”
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