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The Mediterranean sea is capable of generating hurricanes and climate change will make them worse

In March 2026, a tropical-like cyclone named ‘Jolina’ produced significant damage across North Africa. In 2020 and 2023, storms Ianos and Daniel both caused severe damage in Greece, and the latter triggered a humanitarian disaster in the city of Derna, Libya, where thousands were declared dead or missing.

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Whales leave DNA ‘footprints’ across the ocean. Here’s how we track them

The Mediterranean Sea is home to some of the ocean’s largest animals. Among the nine species of cetaceans commonly found along its western shores are the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, the world’s second-largest marine animal), and the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). These species can reach lengths of up to 23…

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Mediterranean Sea experienced marine heatwaves of 'record intensity'

The Mediterranean Sea has just experienced its hottest June on record, with marine heatwaves of "record intensity" affecting 62 percent of its surface, Mercator Ocean International announced Tuesday.

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Mediterranean Sea hits record 30C as marine heatwave puts species at risk

Sea surface more than 5C above average, endangering marine life as Europe swelters under record early summer temperatures

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The largest flood in Earth’s history burst through Gibraltar and Sicily and refilled the entire Mediterranean in just a few years

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar. According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car down a kilometre-high slope towards the empty Mediterranean Sea, excavating a skyscraper-deep trough on its way.

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Earth from space: Rare 'sunglint' transforms the Mediterranean Sea into a swirling, silver mirror

This 2022 astronaut photo reveals a menagerie of hidden oceanographic features surrounding a pair of Greek islands, including giant spinning currents and rarely seen "internal waves."

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Festival shares human stories behind Mediterranean migrant rescues

Maritime rescue charity SOS Méditerranée is hosting an arts festival in Paris to boost support for migrants and asylum seekers navigating the treacherous Mediterranean Sea – the most deadly crossing for those fleeing war, poverty and persecution.

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Russia Conducts Military Exercise In Mediterranean Sea

Russian and US military chiefs discuss a Russian military exercise involving hypersonic and cruise missiles in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Colossal underwater canyon discovered near seamount deep in the Mediterranean Sea

Researchers have discovered a 33,000-foot-wide (10 kilometers) underwater canyon that was carved out of the Mediterranean seabed shortly before the sea dried up around 6 million years ago.

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US military says 5 crew members died when an aircraft crashed over the Mediterranean

U.S. European Command says that five U.S. servicepeople were killed when a military aircraft crashed over the eastern Mediterranean Sea during a training mission

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US military aircraft crashes over eastern Mediterranean Sea

U.S. European Command says a U.S. military aircraft has gone down over the eastern Mediterranean Sea

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Device That ‘smells’ Seawater Being Used To Search For New Medicines

Scientists tested the instrument in 65-feet-deep Mediterranean Sea caves that contained a variety of massive sponges.

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About 350 Pakistanis were on migrant boat that sank off Greece and many may have died, official says

Pakistan’s interior minister says an estimated 350 Pakistanis were on board an overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants that sank off Greece last week, and that many remain missing and may have died in one of the deadliest incidents in the central Mediterranean Sea

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UN: Year Is off to a Deadly Start for Migrants Crossing Med

The first three months of 2023 were the deadliest first quarter in six years for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats, the UN migration agency reported Wednesday, citing nations' delays in initiating rescues as a contributing factor. The International Organization for Migration documented 441 migrant deaths along…

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UN: Year is off to a deadly start for migrants crossing Med

The migration agency of the United Nations says the first three months of 2023 were the deadliest first quarter in six years for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats

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EU Defends Its Libya Migrant Work as UN Points the Finger

The European Union defended on Tuesday its work with migrants in Libya after UN-backed investigators accused the 27-nation bloc of abetting human rights abuses and other crimes in the largely lawless north African country. Libya is a major departure point for people from northern Africa and elsewhere desperate enough to…

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Italy Fears Huge Numbers of Migrants Might Sail from Libya

Intelligence reports indicate nearly 700,000 migrants are in Libya awaiting an opportunity to set out by sea toward Italy, a lawmaker from Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party said Sunday. Tommaso Foti, the lower parliamentary house whip for the Brothers of Italy Party, told television channel Tgcom24 the Italian secret services…

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14 Dead Off Tunisia in Migrant Boat Sinking

At least 14 Africans died and 54 were rescued when a boat in which they were trying to reach Europe sank off the coast of Tunisia, the Tunisian National Guard said Thursday. The 14 bodies were recovered overnight in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia's central Sfax region, National Guard spokesperson…

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Syria: Quake Aid Flights Re-routed after Strike on Aleppo Airport

Syria's transport ministry said on Tuesday it would re-route flights carrying earthquake aid following an overnight aerial attack that put the airport in the northern city of Aleppo out of commission. It said flights would now land in either the capital Damascus or the coastal province of Latakia. Dozens of…

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