• This area, extending from the Ionian Sea to the south of Crete and further to the sea of Rhodes, is the core habitat for the sperm whales in the Eastern Mediterranean. (frontiersin.org)
  • Medicanes tend to form in the autumn when the sea is warm, usually in the western Mediterranean and the region between the Ionian Sea and the North African coast, explained Suzanne Gray, a professor at the University of Reading's meteorology department. (yahoo.com)
  • The Mediterranean Sea has an average depth of 1,500 m (4,900 ft) and the deepest recorded point is 5,109 m (16,762 ft) ±1 m (3 ft) in the Calypso Deep in the Ionian Sea . (cloudfront.net)
  • To assess sources and major processes controlling the vertical transport of both anthropogenic and natural chemical species in a deep basin of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (SE Ionian Sea, Nestor site), we performed chemical characterization (elemental carbon, major and trace metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) of marine sinking particles. (copernicus.org)
  • The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to the northwest and the Po Valley. (animalia.bio)
  • At its southeastern border between Albania and Italy's Salento Peninsula the 72-kilometer (45 miles) wide Strait of Otranto connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea. (kompas.hr)
  • The Mediterranean basin contains many semi-arid environments where aquifers are subject to intensive exploitation, generally to meet irrigation demands. (mdpi.com)
  • The drainage basin encompasses a large number of other countries, the Nile being the longest river ending in the Mediterranean Sea. (cloudfront.net)
  • In this study, by using the sensitive Liquid Waveguide Capillary Cell method, we report the first extensive cross-basin survey of nanomolar dissolved inorganic phosphate (DIP) and dissolved organic phosphate (DOP) concentration in P-depleted surface waters of the Mediterranean Sea during the stratification period. (embrapa.br)
  • This is the case in the western Mediterranean Sea, where Levantine intermediate waters (LIW), that circulate below the surface layer, regionally distribute the nutrient stocks conveyed from the eastern basin or provided by terrestrial inputs, atmospheric deposition, and remineralization of organic matter. (embrapa.br)
  • N 2 fixation rates, measured using 15 N 2 enriched seawater, were lowest in the eastern basin and increased westward with a maximum at the Strait of Gibraltar (0.10 to 2.35 nmol N L −1 d −1 , respectively). (copernicus.org)
  • Our data indicates that these differences between basins may be attributed to changes in N 2 -fixing planktonic communities and that heterotrophic diazotrophy may play a significant role in the eastern Mediterranean while autotrophic diazotrophy has a more dominant role in the western basin. (copernicus.org)
  • This finding reinforces previously proposed paradigms, which suggested that the Messinian Salinity Crisis was terminated by spillover events from the Atlantic Ocean to the western Mediterranean basin, and consequently from the western to the eastern basin. (tau.ac.il)
  • The Adriatic's salinity is lower than the Mediterranean's because the Adriatic collects a third of the fresh water flowing into the Mediterranean, acting as a dilution basin. (animalia.bio)
  • In the Late Oligocene, the Apennine Peninsula first formed, separating the Adriatic Basin from the rest of the Mediterranean. (animalia.bio)
  • The Dead Sea has attracted interest and visitors from around the Mediterranean basin for thousands of years. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Since 1980 the Dead Sea basin has been dry and the algae and the bacteria have not returned in measurable numbers. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Circulation and water properties in the Mediterranean basin, and thus the living conditions for marine biota, including cold-water corals, are a strong function of the connectivity of the basin with neighbouring water masses. (uu.nl)
  • As to surface area, it appears that the Mediterranean basin as a whole is closing whereas some of its sub-basins are opening, at the expense of the eastern Mediterranean basin. (uu.nl)
  • In the EU, 24% of the total groundwater body area was reported in poor chemical status and 9 % in poor quantitative status according to Water Framework Directive 2nd River Basin Management reports in 2016. (europa.eu)
  • The deepest Adriatic Sea gets is 1233 m (4,045 ft) to the southeast, where the bottom of the Palagruža threshold descends into the South Adriatic basin. (kompas.hr)
  • Tsimplis and Baker examined data from a series of Mediterranean basin tide gauges, looking at trends in sea temperature and salinity. (heartland.org)
  • In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the striped mullet occurs from the Bay of Biscay (France) to South Africa, including the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. (thefishsite.com)
  • The region, covering 2.5 % of the Mediterranean, acted as a source of dissolved inorganic carbon for the surface and intermediate water masses of the western and southern Western Mediterranean Sea and could contribute up to 10 and 20 % to the CO2 exchanges with the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. (ifremer.fr)
  • Atlantic mackerel can be found on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean, as far east as the Baltic Sea. (fishchoice.com)
  • During this event, marine connection between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea was restricted, and episodically blocked. (tau.ac.il)
  • At the same time, over the central Atlantic Ocean, higher-than-usual sea-level atmospheric pressures produce strong westerly winds, bringing comparatively mild temperatures and wet conditions over northern Europe, while the Mediterranean area of southern Europe remains unusually dry. (oceannavigator.com)
  • The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • The pertinent Mediterranean gateways to the Atlantic Ocean and the Black Sea are potentially subject to minor changes resulting from tectonics. (uu.nl)
  • The prediction map of the plastic density highlighted accumulation areas (85th, 90th and 95th percentiles of the distribution, respectively, corresponding to 147, 196 and 316 items km -2 ) in the Gulf of Lions, eastern Corsica, the eastern Adriatic Sea, the Argo-Saronic region and waters around southern Cyprus. (csic.es)
  • The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkans. (animalia.bio)
  • The Adriatic Sea sits on the Apulian or Adriatic Microplate, which separated from the African Plate in the Mesozoic era. (animalia.bio)
  • The Adriatic Sea is a unique water body in respect of its overall biogeochemical physiognomy. (animalia.bio)
  • The exchange of the substances is made more complex by bathymetry of the Adriatic Sea-75% of water flowing north through the strait recirculates at the Palagruža Sill and North Adriatic adds no more than 3 - 4% of water to the South Adriatic. (animalia.bio)
  • Our study is based on sediment cores from two sites in the eastern Gulf of Taranto (Mediterranean Sea), and benthic foraminifera data of 43 surface sediment samples from the western Adriatic Sea reflecting modern conditions. (copernicus.org)
  • Adriatic Sea or the Adriatic, part of the Mediterranean Sea (4.6%) between Italy in the west and Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania in the east. (kompas.hr)
  • The Adriatic Sea, the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea lies between the Balkan and Apennine Peninsulas of the European continent. (kompas.hr)
  • The Adriatic was named Adriatike talassa (Greek: Ἀδρıατıϰὴ ϑάλασσα - Adriatic Sea), after the town of Adria located near the mouth of the Po River in Italy. (kompas.hr)
  • What is the Adriatic Sea famous for? (kompas.hr)
  • There is even a benjamin moore teal blue paint named after the Adriatic sea you can use to paint your home. (kompas.hr)
  • The Adriatic Sea coast has almost always calm and warm weather in the summer. (kompas.hr)
  • Adriatic is famous for the array of over 1200 islands , islets, cliffs, and reefs dotting the Adriatic Sea. (kompas.hr)
  • Over 7,000 species of plants and animals live in the Adriatic Sea, including endemic species and some of the rarest animals on Earth. (kompas.hr)
  • The Adriatic sea coast is home to dozens of charming ports and coastal towns with unique cultural heritage and history. (kompas.hr)
  • How large is the Adriatic Sea? (kompas.hr)
  • The Adriatic Sea is 138,600 km² (53,500 sq mi) in surface area, which is very small when compared to other seas in the world. (kompas.hr)
  • The Adriatic sea covers only 4.6% of the Mediterranean Sea. (kompas.hr)
  • However, it is precisely because of how deeply Adriatic sea indents into the European mainland and its location that makes it a key resource of the countries that surround it, both in the economic and geostrategic sense. (kompas.hr)
  • How long is the Adriatic Sea? (kompas.hr)
  • The Adriatic sea has an average width of 160 km (100 miles) and maximum width of 200 km (120 miles). (kompas.hr)
  • How deep is the Adriatic Sea? (kompas.hr)
  • The Adriatic Sea is the shallowest in the extreme northwestern part (Gulf of Trieste, 15 m). (kompas.hr)
  • Mean depth across the Adriatic sea is 252 m. (kompas.hr)
  • What is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea? (kompas.hr)
  • What rivers flow into the Adriatic Sea? (kompas.hr)
  • Mugil cephalus is cosmopolitan in the coastal waters of most tropical and subtropical zones. (thefishsite.com)
  • It inhabits tropical and subtropical waters in sandy areas of coral reefs and in lagoons and estuaries. (aquariumofpacific.org)
  • A tropical and subtropical water inhabitant, like most rays this species prefers a substrate of sand and mud. (aquariumofpacific.org)
  • This species is present in sand and mud, from low waters to 120 m. (wikipedia.org)
  • Elasmodiver began as a simple web based shark field guide to help divers find the best places to encounter the different species of sharks and rays that live in shallow water but it has slowly evolved into a much larger project containing information on all aspects of shark diving and shark photography. (elasmodiver.com)
  • The ecosystems of the Israeli Mediterranean coast have undergone significant ecological changes in recent decades, caused primarily by the introduction of alien species, fishing and the warming of the waters. (sams.ac.uk)
  • Here we used a food-web model representing the continental shelf of the Israeli Mediterranean coast to explore the historical dynamics of the area considering the combined effect of alien species, fishing activities and changes in sea surface temperature and primary productivity. (sams.ac.uk)
  • An important challenge was to model the numerous alien species inhabiting the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, one of the most invaded marine ecosystems of the world. (sams.ac.uk)
  • Although generally considered a marine species, they have been observed in fresh water. (aquariumofpacific.org)
  • This has an impact on the flora and fauna of the Mediterranean and other places: Many sponge and seagrass species cannot tolerate the high temperatures and die. (uni-giessen.de)
  • The sea is abundant in flora and fauna-more than 7,000 species are identified as native to the Adriatic, many of them endemic, rare and threatened ones. (animalia.bio)
  • Massive numbers of species disappeared near the end of the Cretaceous, rapidly, around the world, both on land and in the sea. (ingrouppress.com)
  • The loggerhead sea turtle ( Caretta caretta ) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • The loggerhead sea turtle is considered a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature . (wikipedia.org)
  • This species is resistant to chlorine in water up to a concentration of 1.0 mg/L. Fish were introduced into 25 berkit (reser- voirs). (who.int)
  • These fish, especially species fishponds in Hargeisa and used them to de- of tilapia, are present in 4 streams which termine chlorine-sensitivity and to study have permanent water in the Sahil region, their larva-eating capacity. (who.int)
  • With more than twenty deep feeding dives daily from the surface to the abyss, at depths of 1000 m or more, they are the most important link between the deep bathypelagic ecosystems and the surface waters. (frontiersin.org)
  • Abboud-Abi Saab, M. (1989) Distribution and ecology of the tintinnids in the plankton of Lebanese coastal water (Eastern Mediterranean). (blackmeditjournal.org)
  • Chandrasekera, W.U., Fernando, M.A.S.T. (2009) Accidental introduction of alien plankton into the Sri Lankan coastal zone through ballast water of cargo ships, Sri Lanka. (blackmeditjournal.org)
  • Wind pushed surface waters offshore, causing upwelling of nutrient-rich waters from the ocean floor along the eastern Atlantic, fertilising the seas, and driving vast plankton blooms. (ingrouppress.com)
  • Owing to the extreme salinity ( ∼ 10 times saltier than the oceans), near toxic magnesium levels ( ∼ 2.0 M Mg 2+ ), the dominance of divalent cations, acidic pH (6.0) and high-absorbed radiation flux rates, the Dead Sea represents a unique and harsh ecosystem. (nature.com)
  • Geological evidence indicates that around 5.9 million years ago the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic and was partly or completely desiccated over a period of some 600,000 years during the Messinian salinity crisis before being refilled by the Zanclean flood about 5.3 million years ago. (cloudfront.net)
  • Adult mullet have been found in waters ranging from zero salinity to 75 per cent, while juveniles can only tolerate such wide salinity ranges after they reach lengths of 4-7 cm. (thefishsite.com)
  • The Messinian Salinity Crisis (5.97-5.33 Ma) is one of the most dramatic sea level change events in the global geological record. (tau.ac.il)
  • While division of the Messinian Salinity Crisis to three major stages is well established and accepted, the scale of sea level change at each stage is still debated. (tau.ac.il)
  • The magnitudes of the Mediterranean fluctuations throughout the Messinian Salinity Crisis have implications for contemporary connectivity between the eastern and western Mediterranean basins. (tau.ac.il)
  • During the third stage of the Messinian Salinity Crisis, commonly known as the Lago Mare, Mediterranean Sea level fluctuated repeatedly. (tau.ac.il)
  • A major sea level fall towards the end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis reached 630-900 m below present-day mean sea level. (tau.ac.il)
  • It is also the second saltiest body of water on Earth, with a salinity of about 30 percent (approximately 8.6 times greater than average ocean salinity). (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • In times of flood the salt content of the Dead Sea can drop from its usual 35 percent salinity to 30 percent or lower. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The sea is called "dead" because its high salinity means no fish or macroscopic aquatic organisms can live in it, though minuscule quantities of bacteria and microbial fungi are present. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • During the last major glaciation (about 11,000 years ago), for instance, a slug of freshwater came down the St. Lawrence River into the North Atlantic, reducing its salinity, shutting off the sinking motion and deep water formation, and plunging northern Europe into a cold and dry millennium. (heartland.org)
  • They suggest part of that decline is related to changes in atmospheric circulation over the North Atlantic, while the rest can be explained by temperature and salinity changes in deep waters in the Mediterranean. (heartland.org)
  • Even though measurements at about 2 to 3km depth at various locations in the Mediterranean generally show both temperature and salinity increasing (two effects which tend to counteract each other with respect to sea-level rise), the declines in sea level since 1960 are significant. (heartland.org)
  • Its southern and eastern coastlines are lined with hot deserts not far inland, but the immediate coastline on all sides of the Mediterranean tends to have strong maritime moderation. (cloudfront.net)
  • Generation and accumulation of plastic pollution also occurs in closed bays, gulfs and seas surrounded by densely populated coastlines and watersheds [10] - [13] . (plos.org)
  • The strait connects the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara, allowing for passage to the Black Sea via the Bosporus Strait . (worldatlas.com)
  • The waters in the Dardanelles Strait are rich in different fish varieties that migrate between the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea. (worldatlas.com)
  • Turkey is surrounded by Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Aegean Sea brings the country to the neighborhood of the whole world, not only to the neighborhood of the nearby regions. (marmarisinfo.com)
  • Gediz, Big and Small Menderes rivers reaches and joins with Aegean Sea. (marmarisinfo.com)
  • Marmara Sea, which is located totally inside the national borders is connected to the Black Sea by Istanbul Bosphorus and is connected to Aegean Sea and Mediterranean by Çanakkale Strait. (marmarisinfo.com)
  • The prevailing currents flow counterclockwise from the Strait of Otranto, along the eastern coast and back to the strait along the western (Italian) coast. (animalia.bio)
  • In general, experts say the warming of sea surface temperatures, driven by human-induced climate change, is going to make extreme storms more intense. (yahoo.com)
  • is likely a result of warmer sea surface temperatures and hence man-made climate change,' added climate scientist Karsten Haustein of Leipzig University in Germany. (yahoo.com)
  • The water temperatures are mild in winter and warm in summer and give name to the Mediterranean climate type due to the majority of precipitation falling in the cooler months. (cloudfront.net)
  • The article discusses the excessive ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea observed this year, especially in June and July. (uni-giessen.de)
  • They travel to and from spawning and summering grounds, overwintering in deeper waters but moving closer to shore in spring when the water temperatures are between 51.8° and 57.2° Fahrenheit (11° and 14°Celsius). (fishchoice.com)
  • The surface water temperatures generally range from 30 °C (86 °F) in summer to 12 °C (54 °F) in winter, significantly moderating the Adriatic Basin's climate. (animalia.bio)
  • Eastern Atlantic around western Africa and Southern Mediterranean Sea. (elasmodiver.com)
  • and relict Southern Hemisphere taxa are confined to the cool temperate waters of southern Africa, Australia, and New Zealand . (encyclopedia.com)
  • Distributed throughout the eastern Atlantic: Norway, south of Arctic Circle & Iceland to Northwest Africa, Mediterranean, western Black sea, & rarely the western Baltic. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • Droughts caused by El Niño may occur in such widely separated areas as Indonesia, Australia, eastern Brazil, the U.S. West Coast, and sub-Saharan Africa. (oceannavigator.com)
  • Near the end of the Cretaceous, sea levels were high, submerging much of Africa underwater. (ingrouppress.com)
  • In Low Nutrient Low Chlorophyll areas, such as the Mediterranean Sea, atmospheric fluxes represent a considerable external source of nutrients likely supporting primary production especially during stratification periods. (embrapa.br)
  • The upper layer of the northwestern deep convection region gained dissolved inorganic carbon through vertical physical supplies and, to a lesser extent, air-sea flux, and lost dissolved inorganic carbon through lateral transport and biological fluxes. (ifremer.fr)
  • Crustal matter flux from atmospheric inputs - either "freshly" deposited or stored in the surface layers - plays an important role in the temporal variability of particulate marine matter fluxes along with particulate organic carbon export, imposing ballast effects. (copernicus.org)
  • Hindcasting the dynamics of an Eastern Mediterranean marine ecosystem under the impact of multiple stressors. (sams.ac.uk)
  • Based in Oban, 150 staff are working for healthy and sustainably managed seas and oceans through world-class marine research, education and engagement with society. (sams.ac.uk)
  • Under the ocean's surface, marine organisms are constantly releasing invisible molecules. (eurekalert.org)
  • They tested the instrument, called the In Situ Marine moleculE Logger or "I-SMEL," in 65-foot-deep Mediterranean Sea caves that contained a variety of massive sponges. (eurekalert.org)
  • The experimental design was based on 16 d incubations, in the dark, of a marine bacterial inoculum into artificial seawater amended with water-soluble Saharan dust (D treatment) and anthropogenic (A treatment) aerosols, so that the initial DOC concentration was similar between treatments. (embrapa.br)
  • Lorine Behr gave an interview to the Süddeutsche Zeitung about the current marine heatwave in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. (uni-giessen.de)
  • Also, the Western Mediterranean Sea was hit by a strong record-breaking marine heatwave in June, moving to the Eastern Mediterranean in July and August. (uni-giessen.de)
  • In some areas like the Alboran Sea, this marine heatwave has been observed since March and was likely coupled to the strong heatwave in the eastern North Atlantic. (uni-giessen.de)
  • Marine) heatwaves have been occurring more frequently in the Mediterranean, are more intense and last longer than before. (uni-giessen.de)
  • In the northern Mediterranean marine macro-litter was widespread (90.13% of the 1279 surveyed stations), with plastic by far the most recurrent category. (csic.es)
  • Mediterranean Marine Science 3(2): 55-76. (blackmeditjournal.org)
  • Atef Dib, N. (2013) Contribution to the study of marine protozoa in the coastal waters northern of Lattakia city. (blackmeditjournal.org)
  • And an extraordinary diversity of marine reptiles sat atop the food chain: giant sea turtles, long-necked plesiosaurs - and the mosasaurs. (ingrouppress.com)
  • We use the data to unravel relative contributions of natural and anthropogenic forcing to conditions at the sediment-water interface in a marine setting with a long history of human impacts in river catchments. (copernicus.org)
  • However, the impact of such possible changes on marine conditions, including those for cold-water corals, would be slow and of minor magnitude compared to the effects of climate change. (uu.nl)
  • This web report traces the problem of marine litter from source to sea to help policymakers and citizens understand what we can do about it. (europa.eu)
  • A deep-water acoustic observatory for real-time detection and localization of vocalizing sperm whales was developed, deployed and operated for two 3-month periods in summer 2020 and 2021, off south-west Crete in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, in the framework of the SAvEWhales project. (frontiersin.org)
  • Abboud-Abi Saab, M., Ouba, A. (2021) Seasonal and interannual changes in abundance and community structure of tintinnids in the Levantine Sea in relation to hydrographic conditions from 2002 to 2014. (blackmeditjournal.org)
  • Spanish researchers said the Mediterranean reached its highest temperature on record in July as Europe baked under a series of heatwaves. (yahoo.com)
  • Images made about 400 miles above the earth's surface show that the storm left a brown layer of mud and dirt across the city. (gulfnews.com)
  • Commonly known as the Earth's lowest point, it occurs at 1,371 feet (418 m) below sea level, making its shores the Earth's lowest point not under water or ice . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The Dead Sea is located in the Dead Sea Rift, which is part of a long fissure in the Earth's surface called the Great Rift Valley . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • The larvae move inshore to extremely shallow water, which provides cover from predators as well as a rich feeding ground. (thefishsite.com)
  • A thornback ray in shallow water. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • Juveniles are more likely to be found in near-shore coastal waters (Rousset, 1990). (marlin.ac.uk)
  • Javea is a coastal town in the province of Alicante located on the Mediterranean Sea. (mediterraneanprints.com)
  • Abboud-Abi Saab, M. (2008) Tintinnids of the Lebanese Coastal Waters (Eastern Mediterranean). (blackmeditjournal.org)
  • Abboud-Abi Saab, M., Fakhri, M., Kassab, M.T. (2012) Effect of chemical input on the temporal and spatial abundance of tintinnid ciliates in Lebanese coastal waters (Eastern Mediterranean). (blackmeditjournal.org)
  • Abboud-Abi Saab, M., Romano, J.C., Bensoussan, N., Fakhri, M. (2004) Comparative temperature time-series in the Lebanese (Batroun) and French (Marseilles) coastal waters between June 1999 and October 2002. (blackmeditjournal.org)
  • The Napoleonic Wars resulted in the First French Empire gaining coastal control and the British effort to counter the French in the area, ultimately securing most of the eastern Adriatic shore and the Po Valley for Austria. (animalia.bio)
  • Only in areas where coastal subsidence dominates the sea level changes will sea level remain a problem in the foreseeable future. (heartland.org)
  • begingroup$ If using sand wouldn't work for desalination wouldn't work for desalination, would evaporation and recondensation work for desalinating water for these people? (stackexchange.com)
  • There are no outlet streams, meaning that any water leaving the sea must do so through evaporation. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • But as the Gulf Stream rapidly loses heat to the cool polar air masses so common in that region, the ocean waters cool and become more salty because of evaporation, which makes the surface water denser, causing it to sink. (heartland.org)
  • Apparently, when there is warming in the eastern tropical Pacific (in the "El Niño region"), there is related drying over Brazil, which reduces stream flow from the Amazon and increases evaporation over the tropical Atlantic. (heartland.org)
  • Any analysis of this kind is complicated because, to get a complete picture of ocean conditions, you would need a lot of measurements over time at many different depths (for surface, intermediate, and deep water). (heartland.org)
  • Common all around coasts of Britain and Ireland, the most abundant ray in in-shore waters. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • Its eastern shore belongs to Jordan , and the southern half of its western shore belongs to Israel . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • There, too, the two ranges of Arabian and Libyan mountains, which above this point run for many miles close to the river, turn sharply aside in the direction of the north-east and north-west, thus forming a triangle with the Mediterranean shore. (catholic.org)
  • Here we report an estimate of the total number of plastic particles and their weight floating in the world's oceans from 24 expeditions (2007-2013) across all five sub-tropical gyres, costal Australia, Bay of Bengal and the Mediterranean Sea conducting surface net tows (N = 680) and visual survey transects of large plastic debris (N = 891). (plos.org)
  • Globally, the surface temperature of the oceans in the mid-latitudes was 20.96 °C at the end of July, according to data from the EU's Copernicus climate service. (uni-giessen.de)
  • The loggerhead sea turtle is found in the Atlantic , Pacific , and Indian Oceans , as well as the Mediterranean Sea . (wikipedia.org)
  • Speaking of complex interactions between the oceans and the atmosphere, two U.K. oceanographers put a new spin on potential sea-level change in the Mediterranean. (heartland.org)
  • This study represents an important step forward in understanding the changes that are occurring in the Israeli continental shelf ecosystem and the Levantine Sea. (sams.ac.uk)
  • The Dardanelles Strait is a maritime waterway connecting various seas along the eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans . (worldatlas.com)
  • With its highly indented coastline and large number of islands, Greece has the longest Mediterranean coastline. (cloudfront.net)
  • The western coast is alluvial or terraced, while the eastern coast is highly indented with pronounced karstification. (animalia.bio)
  • The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • Density indices (items km -2 ) from the MEDITS trawl surveys (years 2013-2015) were modelled by generalized additive models using a Delta-type approach and several covariates: latitude, longitude, depth, seafloor slope, surface oceanographic currents and distances from main ports. (csic.es)
  • Surface currents and local water circulation with cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies were identified as drivers likely facilitating the sinking to the bottoms of floating debris. (csic.es)
  • Marmara and the Straits are the most important water passages connecting Black Sea to the outer world. (marmarisinfo.com)
  • During this interval the Mediterranean Sea level fell to below the depth of the Sicily Sill, which separated the eastern and western Mediterranean basins. (tau.ac.il)
  • That North Atlantic deep water then circulates across the world's ocean basins, potentially affecting climate around the globe. (heartland.org)
  • Sediment traps were deployed at five successive depths, 700, 1200, 2000, 3200 and 4300 m from the sea surface from May 2007 to October 2008. (copernicus.org)
  • Tracers (elemental carbon, retene) of the devastating forest fires that occurred in August 2007 in southern Greece were detected in sediment trap material from all depths with a delay of 15 days at 4300 m, indicating a rapid and well-coupled transport of sinking particulate material between the sea-surface and deep layers of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. (copernicus.org)
  • Turkey is counted as a high country as the mountains cover the majority of the surface, however various plains such as lowlands, plateaus and sediment areas also cover a high ratio. (marmarisinfo.com)
  • ON JUNE 8, 1967, while patrolling in international waters in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was savagely attacked without warning or justification by air and naval forces of the state of Israel. (whatreallyhappened.com)
  • The mode of use of such weapon, especially since we know now that it is deployed (for now) in Southern Military District is very simple-the most likely missile drop spot by MiG-31s will be international waters of the Black Sea, thus closing off whole Eastern Mediterranean to any surface ship or group of ships. (thesaker.is)
  • The waters in the strait are saline, with a rapid surface current that moves from the Sea of Marmara to the Aegean and a compensating underwater current that brings in more saline water from the Mediterranean to the strait. (worldatlas.com)
  • The first four of this seven pre - determined regions are named by the neighboring seas (Black Sea Region, Marmara Region, Aegean Region and Mediterranean Region). (marmarisinfo.com)
  • These seven major geographic regions are as follows: Mediterranean Region, Aegean Region, Marmara Region, Black Sea Region, Central Anatolia Region, Eastern Anatolia Region and Southeastern Anatolia Region. (marmarisinfo.com)
  • These dinoflagellates, which live on the surfaces of seaweeds and denuded corals, are a primary nutritional source for small herbivorous fish. (medscape.com)
  • High abundances of infaunal foraminifera in surface sediments trace the nutrient-rich Po river outflow and display an area of high organic matter deposition in the north-eastern Gulf of Taranto. (copernicus.org)
  • The sea was an important route for merchants and travellers of ancient times, facilitating trade and cultural exchange between the peoples of the region. (cloudfront.net)
  • The history of the Mediterranean region is crucial to understanding the origins and development of many modern societies. (cloudfront.net)
  • This term (literally 'great green') was the name given by the Ancient Egyptians to the semi-solid, semi-aquatic region characterized by papyrus forests to the north of the cultivated Nile delta, and, by extension, the sea beyond. (cloudfront.net)
  • Subsistence farming in ponds and enclosures has been traditional in the Mediterranean region, South East Asia, Taiwan Province of China, Japan and Hawaii. (thefishsite.com)
  • We estimate that the northwestern Mediterranean Sea deep convection region was a moderate sink of CO2 for the atmosphere over the study period. (ifremer.fr)
  • The Mediterranean region experienced repeated "Omega" or "Heat Dome" weather conditions in June and July, with hardly any rain or clouds, high solar radiation and warming of the air and sea surface temperature. (uni-giessen.de)
  • These are global phenomena, but the Mediterranean region is among the worst affected. (uni-giessen.de)
  • The remaining three regions are named in accordance with their geographic locations inside the total Anatolia (Central Anatolia Region, Eastern Anatolia Region and Southeastern Anatolia Region). (marmarisinfo.com)
  • The highest mountain of Turkey is Great Ağrı Mountain (5137 meters) and Süphan Mountain which is an extinct volcano is located inside the borders of Eastern Anatolia Region. (marmarisinfo.com)
  • Eastern Anatolia Region is the richest region of Turkey when the number of lakes are taken into consideration. (marmarisinfo.com)
  • The Caucasus Mountains is a mountain system in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the Caucasus region .The Caucasus Mountains includes:* the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and* the Lesser Caucasus Mountains. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • The North Caucasus is the northern part of the Caucasus region between the Black and Caspian Seas and within European Russia. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • The South Caucasus is a geopolitical region located on the border of Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia also referred to as Transcaucasia, or The Trans-Caucasus. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • The weak regional integration and high level of policy fragmentation across the Southern Mediterranean region also hinders the transition to green economies as potential partners fail to identify synergies and co-benefits associated with greening. (iemed.org)
  • large scale and regional scale geodynamical (or tectonic) processes within the Mediterranean region. (uu.nl)
  • Typical aspects of cold-water coral occurrences in the Mediterranean region, notably the uplift and outcrops of Plio-Pleistocene communities and the presence of steep faults (with steered fluid seeps providing nutrients) as preferred production areas, are accounted for by vertical motions in subduction zone evolution. (uu.nl)
  • From royal blue in the depths of the sea to the turquoise of the shallow pebbly coasts. (kompas.hr)
  • Deep convection plays a key role in the circulation, thermodynamics and biogeochemical cycles in the Mediterranean Sea, considered as a hotspot of biodiversity and climate change. (ifremer.fr)
  • Furthermore, groundwater resources are under increasing pressure from water abstraction and climate change. (europa.eu)
  • Derna, Libya: Images taken by satellite show the physical devastation from a flood that killed at least 11,300 people in the eastern Libyan city of Derna. (gulfnews.com)
  • The pent-up water swept blocks of low-lying downtown Derna out to the Mediterranean Sea. (gulfnews.com)
  • The floods have displaced at least 30,000 people in Derna, according to the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration, and several thousand others were forced to leave their homes in other eastern towns, it said. (gulfnews.com)
  • The destruction came to Derna and other parts of eastern Libya on Sunday night, Sept. 10, 2023. (ktla.com)
  • CAIRO (AP) - Emergency workers uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya's eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and it was feared the toll could surpass 5,000 after floodwaters smashed through dams and washed away entire neighborhoods of the city. (ktla.com)
  • Flash floods were unleashed down Wadi Derna, a river running from the mountains through the city and into the sea. (ktla.com)
  • A layer of colder air from higher altitudes forms convections with warmer air rising from the sea that converge around a centre of low pressure. (yahoo.com)
  • The surface waters of the eastern Mediterranean and Atlantic are two to three degrees Celsius warmer than usual, which would have turbocharged Daniel. (yahoo.com)
  • Strong surface winds maintain a powerful clockwise current circling the Arctic Ocean, which prevents the warmer Atlantic water from entering the Arctic Ocean. (oceannavigator.com)
  • Mediterranean Prints offers original fine art photography prints evocative of clear turquoise seas and barefoot luxury of summer. (mediterraneanprints.com)
  • The Dead Sea, located on the border between Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (area approximately 632 km 2 , maximum depth of 300 m), presents fascinating challenges to the understanding of biological processes and the limits of life in one of the most extreme environments on earth ( Boetius and Joye, 2009 ). (nature.com)
  • In the north western Mediterranean Sea (NWMS), DIP above the mixed layer depth (MLD) ranged between 4.9 and 26.5 nM. (embrapa.br)
  • The Mediterranean regressed to a depth of 380-550 m below present-day mean sea level, and the eroded strata were evacuated downslope and deposited basinward of this depth as wedge-shape clastic complexes. (tau.ac.il)
  • Among the processes contributing to nutrient distributions, diapycnal diffusion plays a crucial role for the supply of nutrients to the surface productive zone, and for the equilibration of vertical differences in nutrient concentrations induced by large scale thermohaline circulation. (embrapa.br)
  • A result of this circulation pattern weakens the circumpolar ocean current, allowing comparatively warm, salty North Atlantic water to enter the Arctic Ocean through the gap between eastern Greenland and northwestern Europe. (oceannavigator.com)
  • Circulation of vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPV) continues to be a problem in high-risk areas of the Eastern Mediterranean, African, and Southeast Asian regions. (cdc.gov)
  • In the Russian Federation mullet aquaculture has been practised in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions since 1930. (thefishsite.com)
  • As a passage between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, the Dardanelles Strait has long been of great significance in commercial trade and military operations. (worldatlas.com)
  • Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment 18(3): 299-328. (blackmeditjournal.org)
  • The long-standing cooperation between the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the United Nations Environment Programme / Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) has delivered successive harvests of knowledge products, such as the EEA-UNEP/MAP report titled Towards a cleaner Mediterranean: a decade of progress - Monitoring Horizon 2020 regional initiative, and several joint activities driving forward the collective endeavour for a healthy Mediterranean Sea and coast in the context of sustainable development. (europa.eu)
  • The Mediterranean Sea encompasses a vast number of islands , some of them of volcanic origin. (cloudfront.net)
  • Those who have such weapon, or weapons, simply own vast spaces of the sea limited by the ranges of Kinzhal and its carriers. (thesaker.is)
  • This paper aims to assess the spatial distribution of plastic macro-litter on the seafloor, identifying accumulation hotspots at a northern Mediterranean scale. (csic.es)
  • After reaching 5 cm in length, these young mullet move into slightly deeper waters. (thefishsite.com)
  • Regular clicks, pulsed sounds produced by the diving animals, were detected and localized using a large-aperture array of three hydrophones suspended from surface buoys at depths of about 100 m and 1-2 km apart. (frontiersin.org)
  • Systematic monitoring since 1980 ( Oren, 1999 ) has shown that microbial blooms consisting of the unicellular green alga Dunaliella and extremely halophilic Archaea of the Halobacteriaceae family develop only after significant dilution of the upper meters of the water column after exceptionally rainy winters. (nature.com)
  • The Mediterranean has played a central role in the history of Western civilization . (cloudfront.net)
  • Because of the location, Turkey is not only a passageway from which the ancient Asian Turkish culture is transmitted to the Europe, but also counted as a window of Western Culture opening to meet the Eastern Culture. (marmarisinfo.com)
  • Sewage treatment is an essential service that can deliver clean water, nutrients and organic fertiliser. (europa.eu)
  • The CAF (Concentration and Filtration Elution) method was developed from existing filtration methods to handle any type of sewage or residual waters. (cdc.gov)
  • In the framework of the DEWEX (Dense Water Experiment) project, the seasonal cycle and annual budget of dissolved inorganic carbon in the deep convection area of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea are investigated over the period September 2012-September 2013, using a 3-dimensional coupled physical-biogeochemical-chemical modeling approach. (ifremer.fr)
  • Russia's expansion in the maritime domain also has increased, particularly in the North Sea. (usni.org)
  • These areas are expected to expand in the future due to lower nutrient supply from sub-surface waters caused by enhanced stratification, likely further increasing the role of atmospheric deposition as a source of new nutrients to surface waters. (embrapa.br)
  • Although a number of halophilic Archaea have been previously isolated from the Dead Sea, polar lipid analyses of biomass collected during Dead Sea blooms suggested that these isolates were not the major components of the microbial community of these blooms. (nature.com)
  • However, polar lipid analyses of biomass collected during Dead Sea blooms suggested that these isolates were not the major components of the microbial community at the time ( Oren and Gurevich, 1993 ). (nature.com)
  • Raja clavata resembles other rays found in area, but is distinguished by the large 'buckler' thorns scattered on dorsal surface. (marlin.ac.uk)
  • Following World War I and the collapse of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, the entire eastern coast's control passed to Yugoslavia and Albania, except for Trieste and surrounding area which remained under Italian control. (animalia.bio)
  • The total surface area covered is 814 thousand and 578 km2. (marmarisinfo.com)
  • The northern area of the Dead Sea receives scarcely four inches (100 mm) of rain per year, with the southern section receiving barely two inches. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • The sea has a surface area of and a volume of. (absoluteastronomy.com)
  • Acanthocardia spinosa can be found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic. (wikipedia.org)
  • They may also be found in deeper water to 50 m (164 ft). (aquariumofpacific.org)
  • In the northwest Atlantic, they are found from the southern Labrador Sea to North Carolina. (fishchoice.com)
  • I was thinking of an alternate history, in a part of a civilization, living along the Eastern Mediterranean, during the Bronze Age moves to the sea floor to found an underwater civilization. (stackexchange.com)
  • They found sea level has been decreasing at a rate of about 1.3 mm per year since 1960, though before that time it was generally rising. (heartland.org)
  • Their diet consists primarily of small fishes and a variety of invertebrates including crabs, bivalves, worms, shrimps, and sea jellies. (aquariumofpacific.org)
  • Groundwater, making the invisible visible is the World Water Day theme for 22nd March 2022. (europa.eu)
  • This briefing provides an overview on the state of the art with groundwater in the EU as contribution to the celebration of the World Water Day in 2022. (europa.eu)
  • As in tunnels that terminate at caves and those caves have pools in them with flooded tunnels leading out to the sea. (stackexchange.com)
  • However, most of the time, when the Dead Sea level is declining and halite is precipitating from the water column, it is difficult to reliably measure the presence of microorganisms and their activities. (nature.com)
  • The water is supersaturated with respect to Na + , and massive amounts of halite (NaCl) precipitate to the bottom. (nature.com)
  • Along the southwestern side of the Sea is a 700 foot (210 m) tall halite formation known as "Mount Sedom. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Medicanes, which tend to form over parts of the Mediterranean Sea near the North African coast, are similar to hurricanes and typhoons although they can develop over cooler waters. (yahoo.com)
  • The Roman Empire maintained nautical hegemony over the sea for centuries and is the only state to have ever controlled all of its coast. (cloudfront.net)
  • In addition, Gibraltar , an overseas territory of the United Kingdom , is located on the coast of the Mediterranean. (cloudfront.net)
  • At 1400 hours, while approximately about 17 nautical miles off the northern Sinai coast and about 25 nautical miles northwest of El Arish, USS Liberty 's crew observed three surface radar contacts closing with their position at high speed. (whatreallyhappened.com)
  • The Adriatic contains more than 1,300 islands, mostly located along the Croatian part of its eastern coast. (animalia.bio)
  • The name Egypt proper applies only to the rather narrow valley of the Nile from the Mediterranean, 31° 35' N. latitude, to the First Cataract, at Assuân (Syene), 24° 5' 30" N. latitude, a stretch of about 680 miles by rail. (catholic.org)
  • Videos posted online by residents showed large swaths of mud and wreckage where the raging waters had swept away neighborhoods on both banks of the river. (ktla.com)