When you picture the western Mediterranean, you likely imagine sun-drenched beaches, terracotta roofs, and bright blue skies. But has it always been this sunny? A groundbreaking study published in the journal Research provides a definitive answer: it has not. By pulling back the curtain – or rather, the cloud cover – on a thousand years of climate history, scientists have developed the ...[Read More]
Under the Mediterranean sun: The thousand year tale of changing skies
Schematic illustration of the Earth’s climate system, including the interplay between the water cycle and the clouds.Source: Freepik (https://www.freepik.com).