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OGS - National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
16 February 2026

Climate change disrupts mediterranean seafloor ecosystems, threatening hundreds of species

Climate change is causing major shifts in the geographic distribution, diversity, and composition of benthic communities – species that live in close association with the seabed and are essential to the ecological balance of our seas.

These findings stem from a recent Italian-Swiss study led by OGS and published in the international journal Global Change Biology. The study is titled “The Geography of Mediterranean Benthic Communities Under Climate Change“.