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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.

Divers off the coast of Sardinia measure the depth of Roman remains
Posted inScience Updates

Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the Mediterranean

by G. Sannino 7 January 20196 February 2023

1st National Workshop on Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the Mediterranean; Rome, Italy, 5–6 July 2018

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 study how sunlight and wind impact evaporation in the Dead Sea.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Dead Sea Provides Unique Insights on Water Evaporation

by S. Witman 9 March 201824 October 2022

Scientists study the impacts of sunlight and wind on evaporation at one of Earth’s most unusual lakes.

Researchers recently revisited geological evidence thought to indicate 135 tsunami events in eight nations ringing the Mediterranean basin
Posted inNews

Storms May Have Produced Most Mediterranean “Tsunami” Deposits

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer 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.

Researchers track waters from the Mediterranean where they meet the Black Sea to see how they interact.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Big Storms Pump Mediterranean Water Far into the Black Sea

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 11 April 20176 February 2023

For the first time, scientists provide a sea-wide view of what happens to Mediterranean waters that flow into the Black Sea through the Bosporus Strait.

Divers examine faux ancient pillar base.
Posted inNews

"Sunken City" Was Really Made by Microbes

by E. Deatrick 13 June 201611 October 2022

What scientists thought was a sunken Greek city turns out to be the fossils of an ancient hydrocarbon seep from several million years ago.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Drifting Floats Reveal Nitrate Patterns in Mediterranean Sea

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 30 March 201622 July 2022

Next-generation autonomous platforms allow scientists to understand physical mechanisms that control nitrate availability in the Mediterranean surface water.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Underwater Gliders Find Swirling Vortices of Warm, Salty Water

by David Shultz 13 October 201522 July 2022

Vortices formed off the west coast of Sardinia could play a large role in Mediterranean water circulation and mixing and are significant for marine ecosystems and regional climate.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Found: The Submarine Source of an 1891 Eruption Near Sicily

by J. Orwig 3 March 20152 August 2022

Analysis of a volcano may help explain why some eruptions produce volcanic balloons–hollow chunks of lava that encase a gas-filled cavity.

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