Ocean Sciences

Ivica Vilibić

Ivica Vilibić is a senior researcher at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb, Croatia, and Institute of Adriatic Crops in Split, Croatia. His research spans the hydrography and dynamics of the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas, sea level and meteotsunami studies, and the quantifications of open-science and data sharing practices.

The Adriatic Sea in transition: from rapid deep warming to a saltier water column

Elena Terzić and Ivica Vilibić November 13, 2026

Two horizontal bar charts comparing warming (orange) and salinification (blue) rates across four depth layers. Warming increases sharply with depth, peaking at 6.2x in the deepest layer.

The Mediterranean Sea has long been known to warm much faster than the global ocean. Within it, the Adriatic Sea is a particularly sensitive basin – due to its small size, representing 5% of the area and only 1% of the volume of the Mediterranean, it reacts rapidly to changes in air-sea interactions, precipitation and …[Read More]