Tag Archives: Mediterranean
Risk of tsunamis in Mediterranean Sea has been overstated, say experts
A review of geological evidence for tsunamis during the past 4500 years in the Mediterranean Sea has revealed that as many as 90 per cent of these inundation events may have been misinterpreted by scientists and were due to storm … Continue reading
Warm Mediterranean mid-Holocene summers inferred from fossil midge assemblages
Nature Geoscience 10, 207 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2891 Authors: Stéphanie Samartin, Oliver Heiri, Fortunat Joos, Hans Renssen, Jörg Franke, Stefan Brönnimann & Willy Tinner Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
Italian WWII fighter plane recovered from Mediterranean
(ANSA) – La Spezia, December 5 – Salvage contractors said Thursday they have recovered the wreck of an Italian WWII fighter plane that crashed into the sea off the northern coastal town of Porto Venere 70 years ago. Purple-heart-decorated Air … Continue reading
EU finally tackling ‘Mediterranean drama,’ says Letta
(ANSA) – Rome, October 25 – Italian Premier Enrico Letta said Friday that the European Union had agreed “after many years and much lack of attention to face the drama of the Mediterranean” at the EU summit in Brussels. Around … Continue reading