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A meadow of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica
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Mortality of Seagrass Meadows May Not Kill Their Methane Release

by Derek Smith 31 March 202231 March 2022

New research indicates that seagrasses continue to release methane even after they die, complicating blue carbon initiatives.

A photograph of a statue on Santorini
Posted inNews

In a Twist, a Greek Volcano Ruled by the Sea

by Jenessa Duncombe 2 August 202128 January 2022

Move over Hephaestus, Poseidon’s got this one.

Map of the eastern Mediterranean showing modeled wave height from a magnitude 7.7 normal fault earthquake sourced offshore of southern Crete.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Was the AD 365 Mediterranean Earthquake Normal?

by T. Parsons 10 May 202111 May 2022

The great AD 365 earthquake at Crete has implied a locked Hellenic subduction zone that can produce more earthquakes to threaten Mediterranean coastlines. But what if wasn’t a subduction zone event?

Satellite view of Santorini, Greece
Posted inNews

Podcast: Escape from Thera

by L. Lester 21 July 202029 September 2021

A colossal volcanic eruption at Santorini, Greece, 3,600 years ago sent the island’s Bronze Age population fleeing for their lives. Where did the people go?

Diagram showing the subduction of the Ionian tectonic plate beneath the Tyrrhenian plate off the coast of Italy
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Volcanic Complex Found Below the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea

by Terri Cook 11 September 201920 December 2021

Researchers have identified a previously unknown volcanic-intrusive complex that originated through the melting of mantle material at the northern edge of the Ionian slab.

The crew of the R/V L'Atalante is up and working at sunrise during an annual MOOSE-GE (Grande Echelle) oceanographic cruise.
Posted inScience Updates

Monitoring the Environment in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

by L. Coppola, P. Raimbault, L. Mortier and P. Testor 25 July 201922 October 2021

The Mediterranean Ocean Observing System for the Environment (MOOSE) network integrates a range of platforms to detect and identify long-term environmental anomalies.

eastern-mediterranean-map
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Ancient River Discovery Confirms Mediterranean Nearly Dried Up in the Miocene

by Mara Johnson-Groh 25 March 201918 April 2022

Sedimentary deposits reveal a Nile-sized river system flowing from what are today Turkey and Syria.

Map of the Italian power grid
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Space Weather Threat in the Mediterranean Region?

by Michael A. Hapgood 29 January 201913 October 2021

The impact of space weather on power grids in Mediterranean countries, such as Italy, needs deeper assessment, including consideration of coastal effects, ground conductivity, and failure reports.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Observing Winter Mixing and Spring Bloom in the Mediterranean

by P. Conan, P. Testor, C. Estournel, F. D'Ortenzio and X. Durrieu de Madron 9 October 201816 December 2021

A new special issue of JGR: Oceans and JGR: Atmospheres presents new insights into the dynamics of dense water formation in the western Mediterranean Sea and its biogeochemical consequences.

Researchers recently revisited geological evidence thought to indicate 135 tsunami events in eight nations ringing the Mediterranean basin
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Storms May Have Produced Most Mediterranean “Tsunami” Deposits

by Katherine Kornei 18 October 201718 April 2022

A new analysis reveals that nearly all of the region’s sedimentary evidence ascribed to tsunamis, which dates back 4,500 years, corresponds to periods of heightened storminess.

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