Mediterranean sapropels are layers with elevated organic carbon concentrations that
contrast with surrounding sediments, which are organic poor. Sapropels occur (quasi-) …

The Mediterranean Sea is a semi-enclosed sea characterized by high salinities,
temperatures and densities. The net evaporation exceeds the precipitation, driving an anti …

Society is facing climate-related challenges and impacts, such as marine heat wave (MHW)
events that adversely affect ecosystems, threaten economies and strengthen storms by …

Publisher Summary The Mediterranean Region has many morphologic, geographical,
historical, and societal characteristics, which make its climate scientifically interesting. The …

We describe a synthesis of the Mediterranean Sea circulation structure and dynamics from a
23-year-long reanalysis of the ocean circulation carried out by Adani et al.(2011). This …

The Mediterranean Sea is a mid-latitude semienclosed sea, or almost isolated oceanic
system. Many processes which are fundamental to the general circulation of the world ocean …

Analysis of 20-year time-series of the vertically averaged salinity and nutrient data in the
Southern Adriatic shows that the two parameters are subject to strong decadal variability. In …

In 1997 an inversion in the Ionian upper‐layer circulation was documented and ascribed to
a massive inflow of Aegean dense waters associated with the Eastern Mediterranean …

ABSTRACT The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) Ocean State
Report (OSR) provides an annual report of the state of the global ocean and European …

Reconstructions of Mediterranean ocean temperature fields back to 1950 show a proxy
relationship between heat content changes in the North Atlantic and the Western …