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Rhodes: a Red Sea jellyfish up to 1 meter in diameter has been spotted - What to watch out for
They pass through the Suez Canal – They come because the sea temperature is rising and the number of sea turtles, their main predator, is decreasing – See photos
Your Guide to Lasithi
Beautiful beaches crowd the shoreline, some with an exotic tropical atmosphere like Vai, others like Xerokampos rival the Indian Ocean for white sands & turquoise seas
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Türkiye’s waters see jellyfish surge amid rising temperatures
The seas of Türkiye are experiencing an onslaught of jellyfish as rising water temperatures and pollution create a favorable environment for their proliferation.
Global warming pushes ocean temperatures off the charts: study
In 2023, the world's oceans took up an enormous amount of excess heat, enough to "boil away billions of Olympic-sized swimming pools," according to an annual report published Thursday.
Attacks in Red Sea likely to impact Turkish consumers
The attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthi rebels have rerouted a majority of global trade away from the crucial maritime artery for goods and supplies that are likely to impact Turkish consumers through rising prices.
Avoiding Suez will have knock-on effect on costs, says official
Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Vassilis Korkidis warned on Thursday that with 90% of world trade carried by sea, the effect on transit prices from the attacks on commercial ships passing through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, not only on trade but also on fuel costs, is inevitable.
Tons of waste removed from Kalloni Bay
A large amount of waste was collected and removed last week from Kalloni Bay in Mytilini by divers from the environmental organization iSea and the Department of Oceanography of the University of the Aegean, the municipality of Western Lesvos, and volunteers.
The action aimed at raising awareness of marine pollution issues.
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Greenpeace Greece urges scrapping of offshore gas drilling project because of impact on whales, dolphins
Greenpeace has urged the government to abandon a deep-sea gas exploration project in the Mediterranean, citing newly published research to argue that its impact on endangered whales and dolphins would be greater than previously believed.
Artwork destroyed by waves
A work by Alper Aydın, displayed in the Black Sea during his exhibition "Fata Morgana," has been destroyed by waves.
In the exhibition, which was opened to visitors last month and named after a natural phenomenon that is frequently seen in the region, one of the works in Cape Sülü in the Black Sea province of Ordu could not stand the waves of the Black Sea any longer and disappeared.
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Marine pollution to be monitored at 425 locations: Ministry
As part of a project under to coordination of the Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change Ministry and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBTAK), the waters of the country will be monitored at 425 separate locations for a period of three years to combat marine pollution.