Climate change and weather extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

G Zittis, M Almazroui, P Alpert, P Ciais… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Observation‐based and modeling studies have identified the Eastern Mediterranean and
Middle East (EMME) region as a prominent climate change hotspot. While several initiatives …

[HTML][HTML] Soil degradation in the European Mediterranean region: Processes, status and consequences

CSS Ferreira, S Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, G Destouni… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil, a non-renewable resource, sustains life on Earth by supporting around 95% of global
food production and providing ecosystem services such as biomass production, filtration of …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in aquaculture and climate change: A challenge for health in the Mediterranean area

M Pepi, S Focardi - International journal of environmental research and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aquaculture is the productive activity that will play a crucial role in the challenges of the
millennium, such as the need for proteins that support humans and the respect for the …

The relation between climate change in the Mediterranean region and global warming

P Lionello, L Scarascia - Regional Environmental Change, 2018 - Springer
The recent (twentieth century) and future (twenty-first century) climate evolution in the
Mediterranean region is analyzed in relation to annual mean global surface temperature …

Climate change projections for the Mediterranean region

F Giorgi, P Lionello - Global and planetary change, 2008 - Elsevier
We present a review of climate change projections over the Mediterranean region based on
the most recent and comprehensive ensembles of global and regional climate change …

[HTML][HTML] Future heat waves over the Mediterranean from an Euro-CORDEX regional climate model ensemble

MO Molina, E Sánchez, C Gutiérrez - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Heat waves are among the most relevant extreme climatic events due to their effects on
society, agriculture and environment. The aim of this work is to improve our understanding of …

[HTML][HTML] The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region: an overview

M Bini, G Zanchetta, A Perşoiu, R Cartier… - Climate of the …, 2019 - cp.copernicus.org
The Mediterranean region and the Levant have returned some of the clearest evidence of a
climatically dry period occurring around 4200 years ago. However, some regional evidence …

Mediterranean irrigation under climate change: more efficient irrigation needed to compensate for increases in irrigation water requirements

M Fader, S Shi, W von Bloh, A Bondeau… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2016 - hess.copernicus.org
Irrigation in the Mediterranean is of vital importance for food security, employment and
economic development. This study systematically assesses how climate change and …

[HTML][HTML] Towards estimates of future rainfall erosivity in Europe based on REDES and WorldClim datasets

P Panagos, C Ballabio, K Meusburger, J Spinoni… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The policy requests to develop trends in soil erosion changes can be responded developing
modelling scenarios of the two most dynamic factors in soil erosion, ie rainfall erosivity and …

Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

TMM Group, XD de Madron, C Guieu… - Progress in …, 2011 - Elsevier
The semi-enclosed nature of the Mediterranean Sea, together with its smaller inertia due to
the relative short residence time of its water masses, make it highly reactive to external …