European Investment Bank Providing Funding for Construction of a Seawater Desalination Plant in Sorek, Israel

The European Investment Bank, the EU’s long-term financing institution, has announced the signing of a EUR 142 million finance contract relating to the design and construction of a seawater desalination plant using reverse osmosis technology in Sorek,...

WWF Claims Drilling for Gas in Mediterranean Sea Will Threaten Valuable Marine Life

Colossal deep-sea gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean’s Levant Sea are causing a scramble to start drilling – while concerns for irreversible damage to outstanding marine biodiversity, as well as legally binding restrictions on deep-sea exploitation,...

Twin Study Shows Mediterranean-style Diet Improves Heart Function

Following a Mediterranean-style diet may reduce the risk of heart disease by maintaining heart rate variability.The more a participant’s eating pattern matched a Mediterranean-style diet, the greater his heart rate variability. Genes do not entirely...

Israel has Made One of the Most Glaring Mistakes in Its History, Says Turkish President

Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Thursday that Turkey will never forgive Israel for the killing of Turkish citizens on a Gaza-bound humanitarian convoy by Israeli special forces. “Relations between Turkey and Israel will never be as they were...

Temperature And Salt Levels of the Western Mediterranean are on the Increase

Spanish scientists have analyzed the temperature and salt levels of the Western Mediterranean Sea between 1943 and 2000 to study the evolution of each variable. Their research shows that, since at least the 1940s, the deep water has become progressively...

Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Fishing Boats Should Stay in Port: WWF

As industrial boats prepare to set sail on Saturday for the annual Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing season on the Mediterranean Sea, WWF is urging all fishing countries to keep the fishery closed this year until a scientifically based management plan is...

Inadequate Study of Four Dam Plan Threatens Montenegro Wild Beauty

Environment and social impact analysis of a Montenegro government decision to build four dams on the Mora’a river has been inadequate and an urgent comprehensive review is needed of the 40 year old plan behind the dams, according to WWF and partner...

Morocco Warns That Insecurity in Sahel is Main Threat to Mediterranean

At the opening of a conference in Rabat on security in the Mediterranean, Morocco has warned about against instability in the Sahelo-Saharan area, describing it as “the main threat” to the Mediterranean region. “The Sahelo-Saharan...

European Union to Expand Objectives of Operation Atalanta to Include Some Somali Ports

The ministers of defense of the European Union have agreed to expand the objectives of Operation Atalanta to include control of Somali ports where pirate ships are based, as well as the possibility of “neutralizing” the mother ships that allow...