Palma, Jul 14 (EFE) superficial.
Specifically, those in charge of carrying out these studies have been researchers from the oceanographic centers of Malaga, the Balearic Islands and the Central Services of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO, CSIC) in collaboration with the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) and the Coastal Observation System of the Balearic Islands (SOCIB), has reported in the Spanish Institute of Oceanography.
Among the most notable results of these investigations is the verification that the Mediterranean is increasing its temperature and salinity in the entire water column, from the surface to the deepest layers.
It is worth noting the marked rate at which the surface water temperature increases, which varies between 2 degrees/century in the Alboran Sea, up to around 3 on the Catalan coast of L’Estartit.
It has been possible to measure the rate at which our waters absorb heat, this rate being similar to that of other parts of the planet (0.46 W/m2).
With these investigations, it has been revealed that the intensity and frequency of marine heat waves have increased significantly in the last 30 years.
Likewise, the results recently published by this same research group are confirmed, which showed a rise in sea level of around 2.8 mm/year, with an intensification of these trends since the early 1990s.
“Works such as those carried out for more than 30 years within the framework of the RADMED program make it possible to obtain historical data series with which it is possible to assess the state of health of the Mediterranean and the effects of global change on its ecosystems”, stated the first author. of the work and researcher at the Oceanographic Center of Malaga, Manuel Vargas.