The world-famous Christ of the Abyss statue has once again undergone its annual underwater cleaning in the crystal-clear waters of San Fruttuoso, Liguria, Italy. Resting nearly 17 meters beneath the Mediterranean Sea, the 2.5-meter bronze sculpture is one of the world's most iconic underwater landmarks and a favorite destination for divers from across the globe. Created to honor those who lost their lives at sea, including soldiers who died during World War II, the statue symbolizes peace, remembrance, and hope. Every year, professional divers carefully remove algae, marine growth, and deposits to preserve the historic monument and ensure it remains a breathtaking attraction beneath the waves.

Christ of the Abyss statue receives annual underwater cleaning in Italy Iconic Sea Memorial

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

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.

Mediterranean sea deepest point now a plastic dump, plastic waste reaches sea's depths

In a shocking incident in the Mediterranean, an 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone has been found alive after surviving three days in the sea. Her migrant boat, carrying 45 people, sank off the coast of Lampedusa, leaving her as the only survivor, according to the Compass Collective rescue team Girl found clinging to inner tubes in stormy seas The 11-year-old girl was spotted by chance when the crew of the rescue vessel Trotamar III, operated by Compass Collective, heard her weak calls for help despite the engine running.

11-year-old girl survives three days at sea after shipwreck in Mediterranean

A German charity NGO has accused the Libyan Coast Guard of interfering during a Rescue Mission in the southern Mediterranean Sea. A video shot by the crew members shows the Coast Guard maneuvering very close to two rescue boats and a wooden boat of migrants. Watch to know more!

German NGO accuses Libyan coast guard of hampering migrant rescue operations

Sardinia, a large Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea is successfully merging recycling and protection of endangered migratory birds. Wondering how? It is a project involving an artificial islet made out of mussel farming waste.

Safe haven for endangered migratory birds | WION Climate Tracker

Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan flagged off a new drilling mission to the Mediterranean amid rising tensions with Greece. Erdogan also promised to carry out his much-hyped military operation in northern Syria. Palki Sharma decodes the Turkish president's two-front escalation.

Gravitas: Erdogan raises tensions in the Mediterranean and Syria

All about the Mediterranean diet, voted as most popular for good health.

The Good Life | Mediterranean Diet: The most popular diet of 2022

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.

Study: Sunscreen chemicals accumulating in Mediterranean seagrass

"I lost my baby, where's my baby?" were the words of a migrant mother as she desperately searched while crying for her six-month child as their boat began to sink in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya on Wednesday.

Watch: Migrant mother cries for help as she searches six-month-old in sinking boat

Turkey and Greece have expressed that they are ready to resume exploratory talks, following weeks of tension in the eastern Mediterranean sea.

Greece to hold talks with Turkey over energy resources dispute

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday asked Turkey to do away with "threats" against his country if talks on de-escalating tension in the eastern Mediterranean are to kick off.

Turkey should stop 'threats' against Greece for talks to begin: PM Mitsotakis

Turkey has launched a military drill in eastern Mediterranean a day after it intercepted six F-16 Greek fighters. Turkey says it will carry out the exercises till 11th September.

Turkey launched a military drill in eastern Mediterranean Sea

Tensions continue to escalate between Nato allies. Turkish Air Forces intercepted six F-16 Greek fighters over the Mediterranean Sea. Greece media reported the news as 'Turkey harassed the jets'.

Greece-Turkey Dispute: Turkish intercepts six F-16 Greek fighters over Mediterranean Sea

A theatre of conflict has opened up in the Mediterranean. Greece and Turkey have deployed naval vessels. France has sent 2 fighter jets. A emergency meeting of the E.U. foreign ministers has been called. Is there an armed conflict in sight?

Gravitas: Greece, Turkey headed for an armed conflict?

There are also tensions around Cyprus over rival exploration rights. The Republic of Cyprus and Greece do not accept any such rights for Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus in the region.

Greece-Turkey tensions: Greece deploys fleet to disputed area | Row over Mediterranean's Oruc Reis Area

An orange-brown chemical sheet spread over 15 acres (6 hectares) in a nationally recognized marine life area in the French Mediterranean Sea on Friday, the local fire service said Friday.

French refinery leak toxic chemicals in 15 acres marine life area

British Royal Marines seized an oil tanker in Gibraltar on Thursday accused of bringing oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, a dramatic step that could escalate confrontation between the West and Iran.

Oil tanker bound for Syria seized in Gibraltar for sanctions-busting

A US Navy surveillance aircraft in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea was intercepted three times by a Russian jet fighter over three hours on Tuesday, including a high-speed pass that was deemed unsafe and put the plane at risk, the US Sixth Fleet said.

Navy surveillance aircraft intercepted three times by Russian jet: US Sixth Fleet

Humanitarian groups including the Norwegian Council for Refugees and the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said European states needed to do more in preventing the deaths of migrants after at least 65 people drowned crossing the Mediterranean Sea on Friday. Watch the full video to know more.

Humanitarian groups condemn European states after migrant deaths

Some 37,000 people, many of them sub-Saharan Africans, have arrived in Italy from Libya since the start of the year -- a figure some thirty per cent higher than a year earlier.

6,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean in last two days

A total of 559 deaths have been recorded in the Mediterranean so far this year

Five dead as boat capsizes in sea off Libya

Around 145,000 migrants have been rescued and brought to Italy since the beginning of 2016

Italy recovers five dead migrants from the Mediterranean, rescues 300

The estimated death toll could put 2016 on track to be the deadliest year of the migration crisis

International Organisation for Migration report: More than 3,000 migrants lost in Mediterranean in 2016

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