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"It is clear that with the absence of Mediterranean predators, species such as lionfish are very comfortable here and their population is increasing year on year," he said.

"In the Red Sea, lionfish have predators. There are sharks and barracudas. Here, we have none of that."

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With waters at 32C, Mediterranean tropicalization shifts into high gear

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With waters at 32C, Mediterranean tropicalization shifts into high gear

"We were at a depth of 30 meters (100 feet) this morning and the water was 29C," said Draman, a diving instructor in an area which is experiencing firsthand the rapid #tropicalization of the #Mediterranean Sea.

Encouraged by increasingly warm waters, hundreds of species native to the #RedSea have moved through the #SuezCanal and into the eastern Mediterranean, disrupting #ecosystems, scientists say.

The threat is facing the entire Mediterranean, one of the fastest-warming seas, which this year saw its hottest June and July on #record, figures from the Mercator Ocean International research center show.

Draman, who remembers when the water temperatures were 25C in August in the early 2000s, said he had seen dozens of Red Sea species colonizing the clear waters of #Antalya where surface temperatures reached nearly 32C this week.

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