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“Suddenly I turned my eyes toward the landscape and said in a low voice:

—Look at the sea, Jack.

The sea, clinging to the shore, stared fixedly at me. It stared fixedly at me with its great green eyes, panting, like a beast clinging to the shore.” (p. 130, *The Skin*, Curzio Malaparte)

We all have a vision of the sea. Even in our dreams, it appears as a boundary, the undulation before glimpsing new worlds. In a society accustomed to traveling by plane or train, the sea has become a symbol of the imagination’s relentless surges.

Last night—after months of waiting—a fierce, angry storm unleashed rain, thunder, and lightning. Summer is ending, and we are entering autumn in this region. The Mediterranean Sea is a warm pool that has shattered all records for water temperature. Species are dwindling, and we face the prospect of a «Dead Sea» if this continues. Google’s AI tells us that the following will emerge:

Extreme Phenomena: More destructive storms and DANA events. A warm sea evaporates far more water, multiplying the volume of torrential rains (such as the 2024 Valencia DANA or the floods of 2026).

Subtropical Climate: The appearance of «Medicanes» (cyclones with tropical characteristics and hurricane-force winds) and a drastic increase in consecutive tropical nights on land.

Marine Biodiversity: Mass mortality of native species sensitive to thermal stress, such as corals, sponges, and *Posidonia oceanica* (crucial for curbing beach erosion).

Invasive Species: Tropicalization of the ecosystem. Warm water facilitates the colonization of the Mediterranean by harmful algae and invasive fish from warmer seas (like the Red Sea), displacing local fauna.

Are we talking about the Sea, or about ourselves?

Perhaps the climate demon will emerge by creating tropical islands; meanwhile, as *Sapiens* focus on the dangers of war, migration, or the AI ​​that will eventually use us, we struggle to conceive that the Mediterranean Sea—a cradle of civilization, banditry, and migration to other parts of the globe—could succumb to extreme heat.

Last night’s storm was a protest against what is to come.

Note:

The excessive warming of the Mediterranean Sea is primarily due to global climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Because of its largely enclosed geography, it functions as a «cul-de-sac sea» that absorbs massive amounts of heat, causing its temperature to rise 20% faster than the global ocean average (Google AI).