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Differential drought resistance strategies of co-existing woodland species enduring the long rainless Eastern Mediterranean summer (article)
Väänänen, P. J., Osem, Y., Cohen, S., & Grünzweig, J. M. (2020). Differential drought resistance strategies of co-existing woodland species enduring the long rainless Eastern Mediterranean summer. Tree Physiology, 40(3), 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpz130…
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Climate resilience of the top ten wheat producers in the Mediterranean and the Middle East (article)
Zampieri, M., Toreti, A., Ceglar, A., Naumann, G., Turco, M., & Tebaldi, C. (2020). Climate resilience of the top ten wheat producers in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Regional Environmental…
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Sensitivity of discharge projections to potential evapotranspiration estimation in Northern Tunisia (article)
Dakhlaoui, H., Seibert, J., & Hakala, K. (2020). Sensitivity of discharge projections to potential evapotranspiration estimation in Northern Tunisia. Regional Environmental Change, 20(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01615-8 Abstract Tunisia has a long history of…
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Using proverbs to study local perceptions of climate change: a case study in Sierra Nevada (Spain) (article)
Garteizgogeascoa, M., García-del-Amo, D., & Reyes-García, V. (2020). Using proverbs to study local perceptions of climate change: a case study in Sierra Nevada (Spain). Regional Environmental Change, 20, 59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01646-1 Abstract Local…
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Changes in the future summer Mediterranean climate: contribution of teleconnections and local factors (article)
Barcikowska, M., Kapnick, S., Krishnamurty, L., Russo, S., Cherchi, A., & Folland, C. (2020). Changes in the future summer Mediterranean climate: contribution of teleconnections and local factors. Earth System Dynamics, 11,…
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Events
21st Meeting of the Members of the Steering Committee of Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development
The 21st Meeting of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD) Steering Committee was held on on 13-14 May 2020 (through a teleconference). The meeting followed the COP 21 of the Barcelona…
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Large discrepancies in summer climate change over Europe as projected by global and regional climate models (article)
Boé, J., Somot, S., Corre, L., & Nabat, P. (2020). Large discrepancies in summer climate change over Europe as projected by global and regional climate models: causes and consequences. Climate Dynamics, 54(5),…
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Underprotected Marine Protected Areas in a Global Biodiversity Hotspot (article)
Claudet, J., Loiseau, C., Sostres, M., & Zupan, M. (2020). Underprotected Marine Protected Areas in a Global Biodiversity Hotspot. One Earth, 2(4), 380-384, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.03.008 Highlights 6.01% of the Mediterranean is…
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Future of the human climate niche (article)
Significance We show that for thousands of years, humans have concentrated in a surprisingly narrow subset of Earth’s available climates, characterized by mean annual temperatures around ∼13 °C. This distribution…
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