- Culinary Complexities in Turkey and Greece: On Food, Nation, and Identity in the Aegean
Relations between Greece and Turkey are often imagined in binary terms. A common question typifies such bilateral thinking: Is baklava Greek or Turkish? Popular discussions…
- Past, Present, and Future Climates in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean, with its extensive climatic history, stands as a unique repository for tracing and estimating climate change, drawing from historical and proxy data spanning…
- Soil Degradation in the Mediterranean Region: Drivers and Future Trends
Soil sustains life and provides ecosystem services relevant for the environment, society, and the economy. However, soil is a finite resource and is vulnerable to…
- Optimizing energy-efficient building renovation: Integrating double-skin façades with solar systems in the Mediterranean landscape
According to the European Environment Agency, 85–95 % of today’s buildings will still be standing in 2050. As a result, there is an urgent need to…
- A systematic approach for assessing buildings with natural materials in the Mediterranean climate
Natural building materials, including bioaggregates and biocomposites, have been making a comeback in recent years, in an attempt to minimize the Embodied and Operational Energy…
- Protected areas, drought, and grazing regimes influence fire occurrence in a fire-prone Mediterranean region
Extreme fire seasons in the Mediterranean basin have received international attention due to the damage caused to people, livelihoods, and vulnerable ecosystems. There is a…
- Floating offshore wind potential for Mediterranean countries
Floating offshore wind is a promising renewable energy source for several Mediterranean Countries. The exploitation of this resource will contribute to reducing carbon dependence and…
- The Impact of Climate Change on the Primary Sector in Greece: An Overview
This article aims to review the existing literature on the impact of climate change on Greece’s primary sector, focusing on sustainable management. Climate change has…
- Technical and economic challenges for floating offshore wind deployment in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea
Offshore wind is nowadays already well developed in the North European countries. Ninety-nine percent of the offshore wind turbines are installed on fixed foundations in…
- The Other Side of Fire in a Changing Environment: Evidence from a Mediterranean Country
In forested ecosystems all over the world, usually, fire is the main disturbance, and due to global climate change, its effects are worsening in many…
