The floor of the Calypso Deep − a 5,112-meter-deep trench in the Ionian Sea − holds one of the highest concentrations of ...

A team of international researchers has made a sobering discovery at the Calypso Deep, the deepest known point of the ...

More information: Georg Hanke et al, Marine litter in the deepest site of the Mediterranean Sea, Marine Pollution Bulletin (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117610 ...

Climate change is disrupting Mediterranean agriculture, pushing food prices higher and threatening the region’s healthy ...

Our special video series looks at some of the more unique shells at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum on Sanibel, ...

The deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea is littered with literal trash, starkly highlighting how human activity is ...

“The Mediterranean is an enclosed sea, surrounded by humanity ... in line with the UN Global Plastics Treaty against plastic pollution, which is still pending approval. Even the papal encyclical ...

“Unfortunately, as far as the Mediterranean is concerned ... since 2016 Their study revealed that the deep sea was a “final sink” for pollution, the researchers said, highlighting the ...

and in particular in the Mediterranean, to mitigate waste dumping, especially plastics, in the natural environment and ultimately in the sea, in line with the UN Global Plastics Treaty against plastic ...

Their study revealed that the deep sea was a “final sink” for pollution, the researchers said, highlighting the need to pay more attention to preserve marine ecosystems. “The Mediterranean ...

New technologies are helping to reveal hidden oil spills, speed up the discovery of new species and uncover the impact of ...

“The Mediterranean Sea, characterized by being a semi-enclosed basin with intense demographic pressure, is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions with respect to this type of pollution, with ...