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For the Mediterranean, the Suez is a wormhole bringing in alien invaders
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Publication Date
2020-04-21
A hidden invasion is taking place beneath the waves of the Mediterranean Sea. In recent years, scientists have recorded more than 700 alien species in Mediterranean waters, most of them entering through the Suez Canal in Egypt. More than 600 invasive species, many of them destructive, have established populations in their new environment, according to a 2019 report from the network of Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MedECC). Meanwhile, Mediterranean nations, including Egypt, have done nothing to slow the influx, according to researchers.