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Time-evolving sea-surface warming patterns modulate the climate change response of subtropical precipitation over land (article)
Significance One of the most impactful aspects of climate change is the potential change in water availability. Large populations live in Mediterranean-like regions—so-called because they receive most of their precipitation…
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United in Science 2020 (report)
The United in Science 2020 Report has been compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) under the direction of the United Nations Secretary-General to bring together the latest climate science related updates from…
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Analysis of Compound Climate Extremes and Exposed Population in Africa under two different Emission Scenarios (article)
AbstractIt is well established that Africa is particularly exposed to climate extremes including heat waves, droughts, and intense rainfall events. How exposed Africa is to the co‐occurrence of these events…
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Sustainable Development Report 2019 – Mediterranean Countries Edition
The Sustainable Development Report 2019 – Mediterranean Countries Edition is a synthetic review of the fourth edition of the Sustainable Development Report 2019, including integrated contents and tables editing, specifically…
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Surface Temperature of the Planet Earth from Satellite Data over the Period 2003–2019 (article)
Abstract This is an update of Sobrino et al.’s paper, published in January 2020, which extends the calculation of the Earth’s surface temperature to the period 2003–2019 and uses the…
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Why Is the Mediterranean a Climate Change Hot Spot? (article)
ABSTRACT Higher precipitation is expected over most of the world’s continents under climate change, except for a few specific regions where models project robust declines. Among these, the Mediterranean stands…
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Climatic stress, internal migration, and Syrian civil war onset (article)
Abstract Syria recently suffered a once in 500-year meteorological drought followed by one of the worst conflicts of the twenty-first century. We exploit subnational variation in drought impact to examine…
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Events
UfM Virtual Climate Week, June 2020
While addressing the unprecedented situation created by the Covid-19 pandemic, the UfM Climate Action activities continue. This year, the 2020 UfM Climate Week took place through several online meetings. UfM members’…
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Interviews with MedECC researchers
The 1st Mediterranean Report (MAR1) on climate and environmental change in the Mediterranean will be published in 2020. This report is prepared by more than 100 scientists from 20 countries,…
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