The parrotfish Sparisoma cretense, a marine species native to the eastern and southern coastal areas of Mediterranean, has extended its distribution northward. Here, we provide an update on based currently published data two new records from coastline Sardinia, Italy (central-western Mediterranean). survey methods were scuba diving spearfishing: one specimen S. cretense was caught along Argenti...

A. Fotiadi, E. Drakakis, N. Hatzianastassiou, C. Matsoukas, K. G. Pavlakis, D. Hatzidimitriou, E. Gerasopoulos, N. Mihalopoulos, and I. Vardavas Department of Physics, University of Crete, Crete, Greece Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Department of Electrical Engineering, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Laboratory of Meteorology, Depa...

459 As we mark World Hepatitis Day on 28 July, our attention naturally focuses on the relentless battle to eliminate viral hepatitis from populations suffering under the heavy toll of this communicable disease. The theme for World Hepatitis Day this year is “Eliminate Hepatitis”. Currently an estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus infecti...

Recent advances in genomics and biotechnology have ushered in a new era in health development. Therapeutic cloning possesses enormous potential for revolutionizing medical and therapeutic techniques. Cloning technology, however, is perceived as having the potential for reproductive cloning, which raises serious ethical and moral concerns. It is important that the Islamic countries come to a con...

The syllid fauna of three locations in Crete and Israel (eastern Mediterranean Sea) was studied, yielding 82 syllid species, many of which were found for the first time in the respective areas: Seventeen species were recorded for the first time on the Israeli coasts and 20 in Greek waters. Perkinsyllis augeneri (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) and Prosphaerosyllis chauseyensis Olivier et al., 2011 are...

N. Kalivitis, W. Birmili, M. Stock, B. Wehner, A. Massling, A. Wiedensohler, E. Gerasopoulos, and N. Mihalopoulos Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Greece Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany now at: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany now at: National Environmental Research In...

A single specimen of Prostheceraeus roseus was recorded for the first time on 25 April 2019 from Cevlik coast, Iskenderun Bay (Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey). After, other a Tylodina perversa observed during Scuba diving Keldag located within Mediterranean), at depth 12 m rocky habitat covered with algae. The present finding is occurrence and eastern Turkey. Although these species are live in M...

Future climate projections show higher/lower winter (Dec-Jan-Feb) precipitation in the northern/southern Mediterranean region than in present climate conditions. This paper analyzes the results of regional model simulations of the A2 and B2 scenarios, which confirm this opposite precipitation change and link it to the change of cyclone activity. The increase of the winter cyclone activity in fu...