The Mediterranean is getting warmer and saltier at an ever-faster pace—even thousands of meters below the surface

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Sep 16, 2026, 9:00 am104 ptsTrending
Across its basins and thousands of meters down, the Mediterranean Sea is getting warmer and saltier. Now, a new study finds it is also doing so at an increasingly rapid pace. The speedup is largest in the central and eastern Mediterranean and strongest of all in the Adriatic, where it reaches all the way to the…

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