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The 2024 Mediterranean Sea national monitoring report indicates that the sea is getting warmer, and becoming more acidic. In sampling nets, more than half of the catch was invasive species. In Haifa Bay, 75 percent of the edible fish found had high mercury concentrations.

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A survey dive off the Mediterranean coast in 2024. Credit: Guy Raanan/Institute for Seas and Lakes Research
The 2024 Mediterranean Sea national monitoring report indicates that the sea is getting warmer, and becoming more acidic. In sampling nets, more than half of the catch was invasive species. In Haifa Bay, 75 percent of the edible fish found had high mercury concentrations.
03:12 AM • May 02 2026 IDT
The level of the eastern Mediterranean Sea has risen by 15 centimeters since 1992, according to the 2024 Mediterranean National Monitoring Report released on Wednesday. During that time, the water surface continued to warm by 0.05 degrees Celsius a year, the report warns.
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