This article centres the everyday resistance practices by illegalised migrants contained in EU hotspots in Greece. Set against the regime of violent abandonment governing these carceral spaces, the article draws on ethnographic research in the Aegean archipelago to explore how resistance is enacted, experienced, and suppressed. The analysis foregrounds three distinct tactics of resistance –…
Under the threat of the climate crisis, renewables are an alternative that are aligned to European principles for clean energy and green transition strategies. Past studies have shown that the Eastern Mediterranean will present notable short- and long-term wind speed variability due to climate change. In this context, this study investigates the mean changes in…
Mineral dust from desert areas accounts for a large portion of aerosols globally, estimated at 3–4 billion tons per year. Aerosols emitted from arid and semi-arid areas, e.g., from parched lakes or rivers, are transported over long distances and have effects on a global scale, affecting the planet’s radiative balance, atmospheric chemistry, cloud formation and…
The purpose of this study is precisely to demonstrate the mutual obligations of the states in the disputed maritime areas until the final settlement of their boundary dispute, the importance of natural resources both for the economic development of the states and for the protection of the natural environment, proposing cooperative methods for the sustainable…
The eastern Mediterranean Sea has suffered severe impacts from climate change, causing the decline of native biodiversity. Based on a global systematic review, we found that climate change has been the main driver of local extinctions globally since the 1990s; the eastern Mediterranean is flagged as an extinction hotspot. This region is also a bioinvasions…
In ecosystem management, risk assessment quantifies the probability and impact of events and informs on intervention priorities. Analytical models for risk assessment quantify the impact of natural and anthropogenic stressors on ecosystems. Traditional approaches evaluate single stressors, whereas complex models assess cumulative impacts of frequently interacting stressors and offer better accuracy at the expense of…
The Mediterranean region has long been identified as a climate change hotspot. However, within the Mediterranean, there are smaller sub-areas that exhibit a higher risk of climate change and extremes. Previous research has often focused on indices based on mean climate values, yet extremes are typically more impactful on humans and ecosystems. This study aims…
Biological soil amendments are known to benefit crop production, yet their interaction with different soils and management practices remains poorly understood. Accordingly, this study investigated and compared the effects of Compost, Bokashi, and Trichoderma on soil and tomato fruit quality across different field conditions. The research used a multi-site field experiment involving six tomato greenhouses…
Recently, the number of alien arthropods found in the Mediterranean basin has increased considerably. This phenomenon occurred especially in the milder climate areas of the southern sector. In this context, citrus and olive groves see their productions and even their existence at risk. In the last three decades, the increased number of allochthonous species introduced…
Italian television excels in presenting documentaries and features that promote the excellence of Italian food, from pasta to olive oil and wine, from fresh fruit and vegetables to bistecca alla Fiorentina, insaccati and salami. With undoubted artistic flair and savvy marketing techniques, the Italian media promote the industria agroalimentaria in the backdrop of the natural…