The Mediterranean community represented in this paper is the result of more than 30 years
of EU and nationally funded coordination, which has led to key contributions in science …

Sea-level change is one of the most concerning climate change and global warming
consequences, especially impacting coastal societies and environments. The spatial and …

The Mediterranean Sea is considered a hot spot of global warming because it has been
changing faster than the global ocean, creating a strong impact on the marine environment …

Generation of dense waters in the Adriatic Sea during an extreme cooling event in the winter
of 2012, including its preconditioning and spreading phases, have been investigated using …

The Adriatic Sea hosts diverse marine ecosystems, characterized by rich biodiversity and
unique ecological dynamics. Its intricate coastal habitats and open waters support a range of …

D'Ortenzio and Ribera d'Alcalà (2009, DR09 hereafter) divided the Mediterranean Sea into
“bioregions” based on the climatological seasonality (phenology) of phytoplankton. Here we …

Adriatic and Ionian seas are Mediterranean sub-basins linked through the Bimodal
Oscillating System mechanism responsible for decadal reversals of the Ionian basin-wide …

The dynamics of dissolved oxygen in the ocean are of crucial importance for understanding
marine ecosystems, with influences ranging from exchange with the atmosphere to …

Abstract Cold Air Outbreaks (CAOs) over shallow seas may lead to dense water formation
episodes, enhancing water, heat, nutrient and sediment exchanges across the continental …

The paper describes formation and spreading of dense shelf waters in the Adriatic Sea
(North Adriatic Dense Water, NAdDW) during the winter of 2012 as a consequence of an …