Jul 17, 2025 | Event, Mediterranean Sea
On July 15, ISPRA (the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research) presented ARCADIA, a new oceanographic vessel, at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome. This ship is designed to explore the deep sea and tackle the challenges of climate change. The vessel...
Jul 16, 2025 | Campaign, Mediterranean Sea, RAC, UNEP/MAP
Mark your calendars: Coast Day, the annual celebration of the Mediterranean coast. returns on 25 September, It is a call to our collective responsibility: by bringing together institutions, experts, communities, and citizens, Coast Day inspires solutions, raises...
Jul 15, 2025 | Mediterranean Sea, Meeting, UNEP/MAP
On July 8–9, a Regional Meeting on Climate Change Adaptation was held in Istanbul, supported by UNEP/MAP, the Ministry of Environment of Türkiye, and the Regional Activity Centre for Climate Change (CC/RAC). The meeting focused on reviewing the updated version of...
Jul 11, 2025 | Event, Mediterranean Sea, Meeting, UNEP/MAP
The third meeting, “Towards a Big Data Revolution for the Planet: From Uncertainty to Opportunity,” concluded on July 10. It was the Third Meeting of the High-Level Expert Group on Big Data, co-hosted by ISPRA, the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and...
Jul 10, 2025 | Mediterranean Sea, Report
According to ERA5 data produced by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the European continent experienced two significant heatwaves between mid-June and late June–early July 2025. The first event peaked between 17 and 22 June, affecting much of western and...
Jul 9, 2025 | Mediterranean Sea, Report
Extreme and record-breaking events, such as marine heatwaves or extreme phytoplankton blooms, are described in the eighth edition of the Ocean State Report, the annual publication of the Copernicus Marine Service, implemented by Mercator Ocean International, which...