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The scientific knowledge on climate and environmental change in the Mediterranean evolves rapidly. In this section we collect and present the recently published scientific articles, reports, books, policy papers and other contents on these issues. Do not hesitate to contact us and share with us the publications of an interest to the community.
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Highlights Dryland areas are vital ecosystems, highly sensitive to climatic changes. New higher resolution climate projections used to examine future aridity for RCP8.5 The drylands could increase by an additional 7% of the global land surface by 2100. Up to…...
Balzan MV, Pinheiro AM, Mascarenhas A, Morán-Ordóñez A, Ruiz-Frau A, Carvalho-Santos C,
Vogiatzakis I, Arends J, Santana-Garcon J, Roces-Díaz JV, Brotons L, Campagne CS, Roche P, de
Miguel S, Targetti S, Drakou E, Vlami V, Baró F, Geijzendorffer I (2019)…...
Graphical abstract AbstractRapid anthropogenic climate change is a major threat to ocean biodiversity, increasing the challenge for marine conservation. Strategic conservation planning, and more recently marine spatial planning (MSP) are among the most promising management tools to operationalize and enforce…...
AbstractThe European Union (EU) has recently published its first list of invasive alien species (IAS) of EU concern to which current legislation must apply. The list comprises species known to pose great threats to biodiversity and needs to be maintained…...
Highlights Climate change will transform grapevine production and policy. Thermal suitability of grapevine may be greatly affected in China and the Mediterranean region. The possibility of quality wines is not altered within the regions with suitability. A lack of water…...
The 2018 Global Nutrition Report shares insights into the current state of global nutrition, highlighting the unacceptably high burden of malnutrition in the world. It identifies areas where progress has been made in recent years but argues that it is…...