Understanding how plant species respond to climate change is one of the great challenges
in biodiversity conservation and sustainable ecosystem planning. Current studies of the …

Hydroxyl radicals (• OH) are the most active, aggressive and oxidative reactive oxygen
species. In the natural aquatic environment,• OH plays an important role in the …

Extreme ocean warming events, known as marine heatwaves (MHWs), have been observed
to perturb significantly marine ecosystems and fisheries around the world. Here, we propose …

The Mediterranean is expected to be one of the most prominent and vulnerable climate
change “hotspots” of the twenty-first century, and the physical mechanisms underlying this …

Twenty-first century projections for the Mediterranean water properties have been analyzed
using the largest ensemble of regional climate models (RCMs) available up to now, the Med …

The Mediterranean climate is expected to become warmer and drier during the twenty-first
century. Mediterranean Sea response to climate change could be modulated by the choice …

World olive production is based on the cultivation of different varieties that respond
differently to abiotic factors. Climate change may affect the area of land suitable for olive …

The projected warming, nutrient decline, changes in net primary production, deoxygenation
and acidification of the global ocean will affect marine ecosystems during the 21st century …

The Mediterranean countries are experiencing important challenges related to the water
cycle, including water shortages and floods, extreme winds, and ice/snow storms, that …

The Mediterranean Basin is a climate and biodiversity hot spot, and climate change
threatens agro-ecosystems such as olive, an ancient drought-tolerant crop of considerable …