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ArticleNature communications2025

The overlooked impacts of freshwater scarcity on oceans as evidenced by the Mediterranean Sea.

Diego Macias, Berny Bisselink, Cesar Carmona-Moreno, Jean-Noël Druon, Olaf Duteil, Elisa Garcia-Gorriz, Bruna Grizzetti, Jordi Guillen, Svetla Miladinova, Alberto Pistocchi and 7 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Diego MaciasEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy. diego.macias-moy@ec.europa.eu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7772-255X
Berny BisselinkUnisystems Luxembourg Sàrl, L-8070, Bertrange, Luxembourg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5203-0410
Cesar Carmona-MorenoEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7086-4731
Jean-Noël DruonEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.
Olaf DuteilDuteil Environmental Numerics, Reventloustrasse, 17, Laboe, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5670-570X
Elisa Garcia-GorrizEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.
Bruna GrizzettiEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.
Jordi GuillenEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3705-2253
Svetla MiladinovaBulgarian Academy of Science, Institute of Mechanics, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Alberto PistocchiEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3696-873X
Chiara PiroddiEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.
Luca PolimeneEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3549-6937
Natalia SerpettiEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9502-5790
Adolf StipsEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.
Ioannis TrichakisEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1463-8625
Angel UdiasEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.
Olga VigiakEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water stress is an urgent issue in many regions worldwide, particularly in southern European countries. This study reveals the consequences of decreased freshwater flow on marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea due to climate change and escalating water demands. A 41% reduction in river flow may result in a 10% decline in marine primary productivity and a 6% decrease in biomass of commercial fish and invertebrate species. Regional reductions could be as high as 12% and 35%, disrupting coastal and marine ecosystems and their related socio-economic sectors. The findings emphasize the importance of considering nutrient load changes in water management strategies and incorporating marine ecosystem requirements into environmental flow requirements for freshwater bodies. Integrated, source-to-sink management approaches are crucial for sustainable water resource utilization.

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PMCPMC11790830

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