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Status Report on the Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management in the Arab Region
The " Status Report on the Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management in the Arab Region " (SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation) has been published. The report finds that…
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Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change (book)
Summary of content This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for…
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Revisiting recharge and sustainability of the North-Western Sahara aquifers (article)
Goncalves, J., Deschamps, P., Hamelin, B., Vallet-Coulomb, C., Petersen, J., et al. (2020) Revisiting recharge and sustainability of the North-Western Sahara aquifers. Regional Environmental Change, Springer Verlag, In press, 20 (47),…
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WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2019 (report)
The telltale physical signs of climate change such as increasing land and ocean heat, accelerating sea level rise and melting ice are highlighted in a new report compiled by the…
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Tropicalization may invert trophic state and carbon budget of shallow temperate rocky reefs (article)
Peleg, O., Guy‐Haim, T., Yeruham, E., Silverman, J., & Rilov, G. (2020) Tropicalisation may invert trophic state and carbon budget of shallow temperate rocky reefs. Journal of Ecology, 108(3), 844-854; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13329…
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Ocean warming and tropical invaders erode the performance of a key herbivore (article)
Yeruham, E., Shpigel, M., Abelson, A., & Rilov, G. (2020). Ocean warming and tropical invaders erode the performance of a key herbivore. Ecology, 101(2), e02925 Abstract Climate change and bioinvasions are…
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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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Role of Mediterranean forests in the Paris Agreement - Proceedings of the Sixth Mediterranean Forest Week (special issue of "Forêt Méditerranéenne" )
The proceedings of the Sixth Mediterranean Forest Week (MFW) which has held from 1 to 5 April 2019in Brummana (Lebanon) have been published as a special issue (volume 40, issue…
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MedECC MAR1 Editorial Committee meeting
The meeting of the Editorial Committee of the 1st Mediterranean Assessment Report (MAR1) was held from 10 to 12 February 2020 in Venice, Italy. The objectives of the meeting were…
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