Microplastics in the heart, in the human brain, in the liver, or in the kidneys… International scientific reporting on the subject is steadily increasing—almost as rapidly as the microscopic plastic particles accumulating in our bodies. And the outlook is not optimistic. The human body is contaminated by microplastics in various ways. They have been found…
There is a critical link between reduced river flow into the Mediterranean and the health of the Mediterranean marine ecosystems. New research underscores the urgency of integrating water resource management to properly safeguard the rich biodiversity of seas and ocean and the economies it supports. Climate change impacts such as more frequent and more severe…
This Collective article presents 18 introduced taxa in the Mediterranean Sea, belonging to seven phyla and documented at 22 new locations and seven countries spanning from the Levantine to the western Mediterranean. These records include the first country records of the African mussel Perna perna (Syria), the sea slug species complex Elysia cf. marginata-grandifolia (Cyprus),…