Mediterranean Environment
This sea is essential to the culture and economy of Southern Europe.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Climate change has made Mediterranean summers more unpredictable.
What is true?
This human activity has caused fish stocks to decline.
👉 What is overfishing?
Human population growth in Southern Europe is doing this after 100 years of growth.
What is slowing?
This 1975 plan was created to reduce environmental damage in the Mediterranean.
What is the Mediterranean Action Plan?
This climate has long, dry summers and wet, mild winters.
What is the Mediterranean climate?
Droughts and unseasonable rain can lead to this environmental problem.
What is soil erosion?
Two economic sectors that have grown rapidly are tourism and this industry.
What is industrial manufacturing?
Chemical fertilizer runoff from agriculture can cause this marine problem.
What are algae blooms?
This organization was created in 1990 to evaluate environmental threats in Europe.
What is the European Environmental Agency?
This smaller sea between Italy and Greece has experienced large algae blooms.
What is the Adriatic Sea?
When topsoil is lost, land becomes vulnerable to fire and this process.
What is desertification?
Tourism development often damages these fragile coastal systems.
What are coastal ecosystems?
Too much vegetation growth can increase the risk of this natural disaster.
What are fires?
WWF, Earthwatch, and the Nature Conservancy are examples of these groups.
What are nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)?
These blooms can use up oxygen in the water, killing fish and marine life.
What are algae blooms?
Longer, hotter summers with more wind increase the risk of these events.
What are forest fires?
Cruise ships contribute to pollution through oil spills and this problem.
What is waste pollution?
Dry season fires are natural, but human activity can lead to this environmental issue.
What is deforestation?
This organization promotes responsible forest management through certification.
What is the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)?
These blooms may produce toxins that can harm both marine life and humans.
What are harmful algae blooms?
Mountain regions like the Alps and Pyrenees are losing these frozen features.
What are glaciers?
Areas in the Mediterranean where ecosystems are damaged or dead are called these.
What are pollution hot spots?
Balancing human needs and the environment is especially difficult with this factor.
What is a large population?
Teaching the public about environmental issues helps promote this.
What is responsible environmental stewardship?