Past and Current Climate Changes in the Mediterranean Region

The Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus in southern European coastal waters: Distribution, impact and prospective invasion management strategies

“…In environments characterised by winter water temperatures below 10°C, blue crabs become inactive, with negative effects on both survival and reproduction rates. The current increase in the surface temperature of south Atlantic and Mediterranean waters, with even more evident warming effects in the Adriatic/Ionian area and in the Black Sea (Ulbrich et al, 2013), is reducing the severity of winters. This may have positively affected the survival rate of overwintering populations (see Miller, 2010a, 2010b for examples in the United States) as well as their maturation rates and brood production, ultimately increasing their fitness and promoting their expansion.…”

Alteration of freshwater ecosystem services under global change – A review focusing on the Po River basin (Italy) and the Red River basin (Vietnam)

“…These results were consistent with another study in the Veneto and Friuli plain (Baruffi et al, 2012), where the rainfall in the period 2071-2100 would decrease in the summertime while precipitation appeared to be 15% weaker with reference to the period 1971-2000. Finally, it is noteworthy that southern Europe and the Mediterranean region showed a high inter-annual variability in rainfall and temperatures, and an increase of flood events in the last decades (Coppola and Giorgi, 2009;Ulbrich et al, 2013).…”

Precipitation and drought trends (1952–2021) in a key hydrological recharge area of the eastern Iberian Peninsula

“…With this critical change aspect, the Mediterranean region is a clear example of this situation. In fact, the Mediterranean basin has been defined as a hot spot for global warming (Giorgi, 2006;Lionello et al, 2012;Lionello and Scarascia, 2018), where forecasts indicate a generalized rise in temperature and decreased precipitation that will mean serious water supply problems for the region (Christensen et al, 2007;Cos et al, 2022;Gualdi et al, 2013;Ulbrich et al, 2013).…”