Great white sharks in the Mediterranean Sea are facing the threat of extinction, with illegal fishing and industrial activity driving rapid population declines. US scientists, in partnership with the UK’s Blue Marine Foundation, report that at least 40 great whites have been killed in North African ports in 2025 alone. These sharks are protected under international law, but footage and market observations reveal continued illegal trade. Researchers are now working to track the remaining sharks, highlighting the urgent need for conservation.

Great White Sharks At Risk Of Extinction: Disappearing From The Mediterranean 

In September 2025, Indian naval ships visited over a dozen foreign ports – a powerful display of maritime diplomacy. From goodwill port calls to joint naval exercises and cadet training missions, the Indian Navy has projected strength and partnership across the Indo-Pacific and beyond. With a presence stretching from the Mediterranean to the Pacific, India is asserting itself as a formidable maritime power.


From Mediterranean to Pacific: India's Maritime Diplomacy

This event is known as the Zanclean megaflood and is believed to be the largest single flood recorded on Earth. However, not all researchers agree. World Science & Tech

Largest single flood on Earth happened 5 million years ago, and filled an empty Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is facing a growing environmental crisis as more plastic waste continues to accumulate in its waters. Experts warn that this pollution threatens marine life and ecosystems, calling for urgent action to reduce plastic waste and protect the region's delicate environment.



Rising Plastic Pollution Threatens Mediterranean Ecosystem

The Mediterranean Sea is facing a growing environmental crisis as more plastic waste continues to accumulate in its waters. Experts warn that this pollution threatens marine life and ecosystems, calling for urgent action to reduce plastic waste and protect the region's delicate environment.

Yemen's Houthi rebels on Friday threatened to extend their attacks on Israel-bound shipping to the Mediterranean after months of strikes on vessels in the Red Sea. Watch in for more details!

Yemen rebels threaten to widen ship attacks to Mediterranean

In a new study, it has been found that Spain has remained prone to rare and deep earthquakes because of a capsized tectonic plate beneath the Earth's surface. As per the seismographic reports, when Africa and Eurasia slowly collided, a piece of the surface of the planet went upside down deep beneath the Mediterranean.

Spain prone to deep earthquakes due to Earth's crust lying upside down under Mediterranean: Study

A US military aircraft crashed in a training accident in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Friday (Nov 10) evening killing five soldiers, according to the US European Command, which rules out any links of it to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

5 US soldiers killed in jet crash in eastern Mediterranean, command rules out link to Israel-Hamas war

Europe's olive oil legacy is in danger as droughts and hailstorms continue their onslaught. The Mediterranean groves, which have supplied the world, are now facing scarcity. Olive trees have been cultivated around the Mediterranean for thousands of years. Spain alone used to produce half of the world's supply of this liquid gold. But wildfires and soaring temperatures mean, the future of this ancient industry is looking increasingly uncertain.

Europe almost out of local olive oil supplies

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that tourists who were forced to escape the island of Rhodes after recent wildfires will be given a free one-week holiday there.

Greek PM offers free holiday to tourists who escaped Rhodes wildfires

Over 40 people have died in Italy, Algeria and Greece while thousands have been evacuated as wildfires continue to sweep large swaths of the Mediterranean. Thirty-four people have died in Algeria alone, with the coastal province of Bejaia, east of Algiers accounting for 23 deaths.

Mediterranean continues to burn as wildfires kill more than 40

Water temperatures soared to 38.5°c in Florida's manatee bay. Mediterranean countries are being charred by wildfires. The blaze engulfing Greece has engulfed three. What is happening in the world? Is climate karma catching up? Priyanka Sharma brings you the details.

Gravitas: Record ocean temperatures observed in Florida | Mediterranean burns like blowtorch

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is chalking up a deal with Italy to stem the flow of migrants crossing the Mediterranean and return them to North Africa, according to a report in The Telegraph.

Sunak chalking up deal with Italy to keep out migrants crossing the Mediterranean

A boat with around 400 migrants stuck in the middle of nowhere between Malta and Libya is slowly sinking. Alarm Phone, a website that helps refugees in need of rescue informed about the incident on Twitter saying it had received a call from the boat, late in the night.

Migrant boat with 400 on board slowly sinking between Libya and Malta

Tunisian authorities are trying to repatriate a four-year-old girl who was forced by her parents to take a migrant boat alone to Italy. The girl, Linda, landed on Lampedusa island on October 17 after undertaking a 26-hour journey over the Mediterranean Sea on a crowded wooden boat, which carried 70 other asylum seekers from Tunisia.

4-year-old Tunisian girl crosses Mediterranean on boat without parents, lands in Italy

Turkiye's latest maritime deal with Libya challenges Greek sovereignty over the Aegean islands. President Erdogan is promising to stay the course despite Athens seeking assistance from the US. Molly Gambhir decodes the Mediterranean conflict.

Gravitas: Erdogan escalates tensions in the Mediterranean

An ancient shipwreck loaded with cargo from all over mediterranean has been found off the shore of Israel. This is the largest shipwreck of its kind that shows traders from the West visited the ports even after the Islamic conquest of the holy land.

Ancient shipwreck loaded with cargo from all over mediterranean found off the shore of Israel

Scientists have discovered that a sunscreen lotion chemical has been accumulating in seagrass, in the Mediterranean Sea, and have sounded alarm over a potential threat to the marine ecosystem.

Scientists find sunscreen lotion chemical accumulating in Mediterranean seagrass

Fires, floods, flying insects: Climate-fuelled disasters that wreaked havoc across world

Exciting news emerged on October 5 that the foreign ministers of India, Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arabi Emirates (UAE) would meet at the upcoming 12th Sir Bani Yas Forum in Dubai to discuss plans for connectivity from India to the Mediterranean via the Gulf.

Opinion: Indo-Mediterranean connect via Gulf isolates Pakistan-Turkey nexus

Plans are afoot for connectivity from the Mediterranean to India via the Gulf. The plans involve countries like Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia and India.

Plans afoot for connectivity from Mediterranean to India via Gulf

Europe and the Mediterranean continue to remain the world's wildfire hotspots. Nearly ten countries have been affected by the wildfires and more than 100 people have been killed whereas thousands have been left homeless.

Europe and Mediterranean wildfire ravage over ten countries

German NGO Sea-Watch said on Friday it had rescued nearly 100 migrants in the Mediterranean overnight, many of whom were injured, some with severe "fuel burns" - chemical burns caused by exposure to gasoline mixed with seawater.

German NGO Sea-Watch rescues nearly 100 migrants overnight in Mediterranean

The migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking has rescued 203 people, including 67 minors, in recent days, its owner SOS Mediterranee said Sunday. The migrants came from Egypt, Gambia, Libya, South Sudan, Syria and Tunisia, the non-governmental organisation said in comments posted on Twitter.

Rescue ship picks up over 200 migrants in Mediterranean

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