News articles tagged with 'Mediterranean'
Jellyfish counterattack in winter
— 13 Dec 2010 16:52 | BiologyA study carried out over 50 years by an international team, with the participation of the Balearic Oceanography Centre of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) has confirmed an…
Montenegro relaunches assault on wild beauty
— 19 Oct 2010 13:36 | EnvironmentMontenegro promotes itself to international tourism markets as a bastion of wild beauty. The government, however, appears to be trying to push forward plans to erect multiple dams along…
Magnificent coral reefs discovered
— 5 Oct 2010 04:34 | BiologyThe exploration vessel Nautilus, with a team of experts of the University of Haifa's Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, headed by Prof. Zvi Ben Avraham, discovered for the first…
Parting the waters: Computer modelling applies physics to Red Sea escape route
— 22 Sep 2010 09:28 | EnvironmentThe biblical account of the parting of the Red Sea has inspired and mystified people for millennia. A new computer modelling study by researchers at the National Centre for Atmospheric…
Solar boat launch sets Mediterranean conservation campaign ablaze
— 24 Jul 2010 10:34 | EnvironmentA catamaran powered exclusively by the sun cast off from Spain's southeastern coast, starting a journey that is completely free of fossil fuels…
Posidonia meadows reflect pollution levels in the Mediterranean
— 18 Jun 2010 13:23 | Biology'Posidonia oceanica can act as an environmental tracer, reflecting different levels of local and regional pollution,' Antonio Tovar-Sanchez, lead author of the study and a researcher…
Temperature and salt levels of the Western Mediterranean are on the increase
— 22 May 2010 09:29 | EnvironmentSpanish scientists have analysed the temperature and salt levels of the Western Mediterranean Sea between 1943 and 2000 to study the evolution of each variable. Their research shows…
Marine protected areas conserve Mediterranean red coral
— 11 May 2010 20:42 | EnvironmentA team of Spanish and French researchers has undertaken a pioneer analysis of red coral populations in the oldest Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in the Mediterranean and the impact that…
First animals to live without oxygen discovered
— 8 Apr 2010 11:25 | BiologyDeep under the Mediterranean Sea small animals have been discovered that live their entire lives without oxygen and surrounded by 'poisonous' sulphides. Researchers writing in the open…
Changes seen in rainfall trends in March, June and October since 1945 in Spain
— 23 Mar 2010 15:05 | EnvironmentAn international team led by the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR) has produced MOPREDAS, the most complete database to date on monthly precipitations in the Iberian Peninsula. This has…