Mireno Borghini

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show evidence of the rapid basin-wide extension of the event, giving insights into the origin and the propagation of the new deep water towards the basin interior and showing the evolution of the deep characteristics.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the water outflowing from the Eastern Mediterranean Basin enters the Tyrrhenian Sea directly, close to the Sicily coast, and two water types have been distinguished: the upper part constituted by the Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW), and the transitional Eastern Mediterranean Deep Water (EMDW) below.

TL;DR: Evidence of reinforced thermohaline variability in the deep western basin with significant dense water formation events producing large amounts of warmer, saltier and denser water masses than ever before is reported.

TL;DR: This study highlights the potential role of an isolated rocky peak penetrating the euphotic zone of a Tyrrhenian seamount to work as an aggregating structure, hosting abundant benthic communities dominated by suspension feeders, whose distribution may vary in accordance to the geomorphology of the area and the different local hydrodynamic conditions.

TL;DR: The occurrence of 58 chemicals in the open surface water of the Western Mediterranean Sea for the first time is investigated, finding small spatial differences among individual sampling areas point to a diffuse character of sources which are likely dominated by WWTP effluents and runoffs from agricultural areas or even from offshore sources such as ferries and cruising ships.