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
UN urged to replace world map accused of shrinking Africa
Togo is leading a campaign, backed by the African Union, urging the United Nations to adopt the Equal Earth projection over the centuries-old Mercator map, which depicts the African continent as barely larger than Greenland
Sturgeon Moon and partial lunar eclipse set to light up Greek skies on Friday
Greek skies will see a rare phenomenon before dawn on Friday, as August's Sturgeon Moon coincides with a partial lunar eclipse, with almost the entire lunar disc passing through Earth's shadow between 4:30am and 7:19am