Athena<p>Each year, many of us dream about Mediterranean summer escapes— blue waters, sun-soaked beaches, gentle waves. But beneath those glittering surfaces, a storm is brewing. Quite literally.</p><p>Covering around 70% of our planet, the ocean is Earth’s great heat bank, absorbing so far around 90% of the excess heat generated by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. But this protective buffer has come at a price. </p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/theclimatehistorian/p/beneath-the-sea-surface-the-mediterranean?r=1qy42b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/theclima</span><span class="invisible">tehistorian/p/beneath-the-sea-surface-the-mediterranean?r=1qy42b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mediterranean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extremetemps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremetemps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sea</span></a></p>