Conservation efforts aimed at the whale shark, Rhincodon typus, remain limited by a lack of basic information on most aspects of its ecology, including global population structure, population sizes and movement patterns. Here we report on the movements of 47 Red Sea whale sharks fitted with three types of satellite transmitting tags from 2009-2011. Most of these sharks were tagged at a single a...

[1] The dynamic and thermodynamic processes that underlie the exceptionally high evaporation over the northern Red Sea are examined. Through a combination of data analysis and a simple numerical model we show that the key boundary layer dehumidifier is ageostrophic cross-channel sea breezes. This circulation develops semidiurnally in response to thermal gradients across the Red Sea’s coasts bec...

A new species of Solitariopagurus, S. cauticolus, from the Red Sea is described. This is the second species of the genus associated with coral reefs, and the fifth known for the genus. New material of S. profundus from the central deep Red Sea is listed. The bivalve shell carrying is confirmed also for this deep sea species.

Both Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI) satellite observations suggest that the narrow heterogeneous Red Sea coastal region is a frequent source of airborne dust that, because of its proximity, directly affects the Red Sea and coastal urban centers. The potential of soils to be suspended as airborne mineral dust depen...

The bioinvasion of the Mediterranean from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal, called Lessepsian bioinvasion, was used as a way to uncover the invading potential of different genetic clades. Populations of blotchfin dragonet Callionymus filamentosus were assessed, based on 2 mitochondrial markers (control region and cytochrome oxidase 1) and 2 nuclear markers (2nd intron of the ribosomal protein S7 ...

The Gulf and Red Sea possess diverse coastal and marine environments that support rapidly expanding mass tourism. Despite the associated environmental risks, there is no analysis of the tourism-related literature or recent analysis of impacts. Environmental issues reported in 101 publications (25 from the Gulf, 76 from the Red Sea) include 61 purported impacts (27 from the Gulf, 45 from the Red...