The relationships between the interannual variations of Levantine intermediate water (LIW) core properties and corresponding biochemical in euphotic zone were systematically studied Southeastern Mediterranean during 2013–2021 since 2002 based on a previous study. Salinity temperature fluctuations LIW continue to follow Adriatic–Ionian Bimodal Oscillating System (BiOS) mechanism, with salinity p...

We investigated five time-equivalent core sections (180^110 kyr BP) from the Balearic Sea (Menorca Rise), the easternmost Levantine Basin and southwest, south, and southeast of Crete to reconstruct spatial patterns of productivity during deposition of sapropels S5 and S6 in the Mediterranean Sea. Our indicators are Ba, total organic carbon and carbonate contents. We found no indications of Ba r...

This paper considers the economic and environmental impacts of emerging regional commerce that accompanied the rise and collapse of early Near Eastern urbanism. We integrate regional data on settlement and vegetation with detailed evidence of rural agriculture from two Bronze Age villages in the Jordan Valley. This approach is explicitly rural, in light of the largely rural character of Levanti...

In the Mediterranean Sea, marine ecosystems and resource-based economy are shared among many countries, making this a regional sea of important geopolitical economic stakes. Over last decades, heat waves (MHWs) in Sea have caused mass-mortality events various species critical losses for seafood industries. MHWs expected to become more intense, longer frequent through anthropogenic warming. This...

Abstract. Atlantic Water (AW) and Levantine Intermediate (LIW) are important water masses that play a crucial role in the internal variability of Mediterranean thermohaline circulation. To be more specific, their interaction, along with other characterize basin, such as Western Deep (WMDW), contribute to modify Outflow through Strait Gibraltar, hence they may influence stability global This wor...

The seasonal variability of the carbonate system in eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMed) was investigated based on discrete total alkalinity (A T ), dissolved inorganic carbon (C and pH measurements collected during three cruises around Crete between June 2018 March 2019. This study presents a detailed description this new chemistry dataset Sea. We show that North Western Levantine Basin (NWLB) is ...

Sagittal otolith shape analysis is one of the most widespread techniques worldwide to discriminate fish stock units, as this proxy integrates both environmental and genetic factors. All previous studies have been carried out using two-dimensional (2D) images, a partial representation whole otolith. However, prior identification unit boundaries, influence other potential drivers controlling must...

The reliability of the narrative of the Biblical Exodus has been subject of heated debate for decades. Recent archaeological studies seem to provide new insight of the exodus path, and although with a still controversial chronology, the effects of the Minoan Santorini eruption have been proposed as a likely explanation of the biblical plagues. Particularly, it has been suggested that flooding b...