Malta's other seaborne migrants

Abstract

"Don't forget the sea" was the strident call of Carl Gustaf Lundin, head of International Union for Conservation of Nature's global marine programme, in the frantic run-up to the botched Copenhagen climate talks. His cri du coeur went largely unnoticed as the plight of the arctic, glaciers, and drought-stricken regions dominated the conference proceedings and media reports. Malta's territorial waters are nearly 20 times its land area, so it has a vested interest in clamouring for the climate change talks to focus more on the plight of the sea. A progressive surge in sea temperature and salinity in the Mediterranean has been recorded by various studies in recent years.