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Climate Change in the Mediterranean Basin: effects on hydrological processes and water availability

This two part studies lead by Leonardo Valerio Noto (Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy) focuses on the main recent works on climate change in the Mediterranean Basin across the last ten years of research to review the main observed…...

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Potential for land and water management adaptations in Mediterranean croplands under climate change

The new research study explores the adaptation capacities for crop farmers to the impacts of the warming climate. The study is mapping the potential of soil- crop- and water-based adaptations to contrast drought and heat stress in farms across the…...

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MedECC Infographic “Water and Food in the Mediterranean” available in Spanish

The MedECC infographic on Water and food in the Mediterranean is now available in Spanish: 'Agua y Alimentos en el Mediterráneo'. This infographic is based on the Chapters 3.1 “Resources, Water” and Chapter 3.2 “Resources, Food” of the First Mediterranean…...

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Marine heat waves (MHW): Characterizing a major climate impact in the Mediterranean

Graphical abstract Abstract Marine heat waves (MHW), considered as persistent and spatially extensive sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies, have emerged as one of the global change-induced high impact events on the oceans. The study of MHWs received significant progress in…...

More frequent, persistent, and deadly heat waves in the 21st century over the Eastern Mediterranean

Highlights This new study, published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, was lead by Dr. Assaf Hochman, a senior climatologist at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University (HU) of Jerusalem in collaboration with the Karlsruhe…...

Policy document

Restoring Mediterranean Wetlands – The new policymaker’s playbook for sustainable management and ecosystem restoration by 2030

Restoring Mediterranean Wetlands is a new policymaker’s handbook for sustainable management and conservation of water by 2030. The guide is shaped as a playbook and is available to download for free here. In this handbook, experts in the field share…...