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Omiros the Blind Caretta Caretta turtle rescued off Gytheio dies in Cornwall aquarium
Omiros, found injured on Mavrovouni beach in 2007, spent his remaining years in Newquay's ocean tank, where he helped thousands of visitors understand the species and the threats it faces in the wild, Archelon said


Mediterranean warming and becoming saltier at an accelerating rate, new study finds
Warming is accelerating in the central and eastern Mediterranean, particularly in the Adriatic, where temperatures are rising all the way to the seafloor

What Is El Niño and how may it affect Greece? 10 Questions and answers
How can something happening in the Pacific affect other countries, and how does it affect the atmosphere? — An analysis by Tsatrafyllia

Why is the sea salty? The chemistry of water that made earth habitable
Dorrik Stow’s Oceans: A Very Short Introduction offers a starting point for a scientific journey through the oceans — from the chemistry of seawater and the origins of salinity to the oceans’ crucial role in regulating the global climate
Greece’s €4.77 billion climate plan gets green light from European Commission
Approved funding covers household renovations, heat pumps, social housing, student halls, electric buses, Metro trains, disability access and vehicle leasing, with Greece able to request its first payment from the Commission once milestones are achieved

Europe is warming faster than other continents, with a worrying trend in Greece
Heatwaves and drought are intensifying wildfires - What climate expert Konstantinos Kartalis says about the changing climate

Megafires, Europe’s new nightmare: The phenomenon of pyrocumulus clouds and the consequences
Greece has experienced two of the three worst megafires that occurred in the Mediterranean (Evros, 2023 and Evia, 2021) – The causes of the violent change in the profile of fires and the pessimism of scientists



