A map of the Mediterranean world that was created in 1500 by a Jewish cartographer has been acquired by the library of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Reform) here.

EAMENA is a potent reminder that many sites within the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere in the Mediterranean world are indeed at risk either of being destroyed, looted, abandoned---or a ...

This week's Sea-Floor Sunday is a really nice synthesis map of bathymetry of the Mediterranean Sea. Click on the map below or here to go to the page where you can see more.

The Mediterranean, and other regions around the world with similar climates, are considered biodiversity hotspots.They account for 5% of the Earth's land surface, but contain 20% of its ...

The livelihoods of 8,300 fishermen in Spain and 2,300 in France depend on fishing in the Mediterranean. However, a limited access to resources and data often prevents these fisheries from improving ...

As of 2022, only 9.4 percent of the Mediterranean Sea was designated a Marine Protected Area (MPA) - below the 10 percent global target set for 2020. As covered in depth in the new Statista report ...

World. Subscribers only. In the United Kingdom, ... Map of Europe and the Mediterranean's summer 2022 temperatures and extreme weather events. Storms, floods, drought, fires and heat waves.