"The Boiling Sea" selezionato per Geocinema alla EGU General Assembly 2013

EGU General Assembly Vienna 7-12 / 04 / 13

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The Mediterranean, especially the deeper parts, is warming up even faster than the other seas on the planet; and this is having a frightening effect on the Mediterranean ecosystem as a whole. The only other place where such intense, fast warming has been reported is around the North Pole.

This 2-3°C rise, with surface temperatures reaching as much as 29°C, has already produced remarkable changes to the area’s biodiversity and some species have begun migrating north, while exotic species have arrived to take their place.

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The exchange of nutrients between the sea surface and the depths is changing drastically.There have also been proliferations of ALGAE THAT THREATEN MARINA ECOSYSTEMS AND ARE TOXIC TO MAN.

But dozens of invertebrates are dying off in unprecedented numbers, especially the so-called benthic ones from the sea-floor.

THE  CLIMATE   OF   THE   MEDITERRANEAN   IS   CHANGING,   AND  WITH   IT   SO   ARE  ITS   FISH POPULATIONS,   THUS   SEVERELY   AFFECTING   THE   CULTURE   AND   ECONOMIES   OF   THE COASTAL POPULATIONS:from subsistence fishermen to industrial fisheries.

BUT THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY