A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

The UK grid aggregation has steadily increased ... This brought a surge of cloud cover and precipitation to the Mediterranean basin which resulted in an unusually wet month.

Sicily (the large island next to the ‘toe’ of Italy) still forms part of a divide between the Mediterranean’s darker basins, shaded in deeper blue (GEBCO / National Oceanographic Centre, UK, CC BY-NC ...

As part of a team led by Maltese seabed scientist Aaron Micallef, we explored the region where the flood water filling the western basin of the Mediterranean should have run into a ridge of higher ...

The Capesize market showed a clear upward trajectory this week following a subdued start due to the Easter holidays. The BCI ...

It might not be everyone's cup of tea but naturism is popular in many countries around the globe. Find the locations of some of the world's best nudist beaches in this travel ...

As with other European denominations, Rhône Valley wines are referred to by appellation rather than grape, so you will likely ...

The diplomatic crisis between Algeria and Paris had barely subsided before it resurfaced after French authorities arrested an ...

Mireia Ginesta, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, UK, has witnessed Spain ... rising temperatures seriously. “The Mediterranean basin is considered a hotspot — a region ...

It was a week when oil prices jumped broke its losing streak, while natural gas futures continued the southward journey. The ...