A recent study led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has investigated how strongly marine and coastal ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea are at risk from climate change, even under
A recent study led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has investigated how strongly marine and coastal ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea are at risk from climate change, even under comparatively moderate additional warming.
Temperatures in the Mediterranean are currently rising to record levels, with temperatures up to 28°C or even higher. With an average water temperature of 26.9°C, July 2025 was the warmest since records began for the Mediterranean Sea, according to the Copernicus Earth Observation Service.
Warming caused by climate change is considered – alongside stressors such as overfishing, pollution, and habitat destruction – a major factor threatening marine and coastal habitats. “The consequences of warming are not only projections for the future, but very real damages we are witnessing now. The continuing rise in temperatures, sea level and ocean acidification cause severe risks for the environment in and around the Mediterranean Sea,” says Dr. Abed El Rahman Hassoun, Biogeochemical Oceanographer at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.
Together with Prof. Dr. Meryem Mojtahid, Professor of Paleo-Oceanography at the University of Angers and at Laboratory of Planetology and geosciences (France), they have investigated the effects of climate change on marine and coastal ecosystems in the
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