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The Mediterranean’s warming waters are drawing hundreds of invasive species
The Mediterranean Sea is warming due to climate change, leading to the influx of invasive fish species through the Suez Canal that threaten native biodiversity. Scientists warn that rising temperatures and invasive species like lionfish and rabbitfish are decimating indigenous populations, impacting coastal communities reliant on traditional fishing practices.
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Mediterranean SeaplaceSuez CanalplaceErnesto AzzuropersonRonan McAdampersonPiero Genovesi PapikpersonItalian National Research Council’s Institute for Marine Biological Resources and BiotechnologyorganizationEuro-Mediterranean Center on Climate ChangeorganizationU.N. food and agriculture body’s General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterraneanorganizationlionfishtopicclimate changetopic
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