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Original article published on CREAF (The Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications, Barcelona, Spain) blog by Albert Naya i Díaz Go to the article  September 19, 2017 A new study led by Josep Peñuelas and published in Nature Ecology…...

Reference: Malek Ž, Verburg PH (2017) Mediterranean land systems: representing diversity and intensity of complex land systems in a dynamic region. Landsc Urban Plan 165:102–116 Go to article Highlights We present a typology and map of the distribution of Mediterranean…...

Publication of the paper “Socio-economic tools for supporting the achievement of Good Environmental Status of Mediterranean marine waters” by Plan Bleu–UN Environment/MAP Regional Activity Center This report has been elaborated by Plan Bleu as part of the project “Action Plans for Integrated…...

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Reference: Colloca F, Scarcella G and Libralato S (2017) Recent Trends and Impacts of Fisheries Exploitation on Mediterranean Stocks and Ecosystems. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:244. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00244 Go to article ABSTRACT This review focuses on the recent data on Mediterranean…...

 In just 35 seconds, a new video illustrates how drastically temperatures in each of the world’s 191 countries have changed over the last century. Created by Antti Lipponen, a researcher at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, the video uses temperature…...

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ABSTRACT The differential response of marine populations to climate change remains poorly understood. Here, we combine common garden thermotolerance experiments in aquaria and population genetics to disentangle the factors driving the population response to thermal stress in a temperate habitat-forming…...