Cairo University reveals new facts about the climate of the Mediterranean in an unprecedented achievement

Cairo University reveals new facts about the Mediterranean climate in an unprecedented achievement

Cairo University is moving steadily to become a beacon in the body of the research system, stressing its pivotal role as a fundamental pillar that supports the country’s ambitions to achieve comprehensive sustainable development. In addition to being a sanctuary for science, it is a protective shield in the face of global climate challenges, through solid scientific research and precise scientific studies that put new facts and honest predictions in humanity’s hands.

This latest achievement reveals new secrets about the climate of theMediterranean Sea, and also represents a certificate of merit proving the university’s pioneering role and its ability to lead the process of innovation, by transforming academic theories into projects based on the ground to protect natural resources for a sustainable future.

New facts about the Mediterranean climate

The Faculty of Science, Cairo University, under the patronage of Dr. Mohamed Sami Abdel Sadiq, President of the University, announced the achievement of a new scientific achievement that will be added to the university’s stock of influential international research, represented by the publication of a pioneering scientific study in the prestigious international journal Nature during the year 2025, with the participation of Professor Dr. El-Sayed Abdel Hamid Rabaa - Department of Astronomy, Space and Meteorology - and an elite group of senior meteorologists. The study came under the title: High temporal variability does not dominate the Mediterranean trend. precipitation.

This study represents a qualitative leap in understanding climate dynamics in the Mediterranean basin region, which is one of the most sensitive regions to climate changes in the world, as it revealed unprecedented results that challenge prevailing assumptions about the permanent trend towards drought in the region.

It also provides a new and accurate scientific framework for dealing with climate change in one of the most sensitive regions of the world, which contributes to sustainable planning for water resources, developing strategies based on real, long-term data, improving agricultural and environmental policies by focusing on the resilience of agricultural systems towards climate variation and not towards one permanent direction, and making accurate and informed decisions based on strong data that supports development strategies in the region.

Scientific research is the real engine of progress

For her part, Dr. Suhair Ramadan Fahmy, Dean of the College of Science, confirmed that the real engine of progress is scientific research. Because it contributes significantly to solving the problems facing the continent, noting that the college is very keen to support its researchers by providing a fertile scientific environment that allows the production of research capable of changing concepts and making a direct impact on development issues, pointing out that this study embodies the firm commitment to achieving scientific and research leadership, and confirms that Cairo University will remain at the forefront of academic institutions capable of providing realistic and innovative solutions to the problems of our contemporary world.

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The study includes more than 23,000 weather stations covering 150 years of data, and this is the largest climate data set used in research of this kind.

The results showed the following:

• Long-term stability of rainfall rates
• Precipitation in the Mediterranean region has remained constant, with high temporal variation, which is the most influential factor in rain patterns.
• Critical influence of atmospheric dynamics:
• The observed changes in rainfall are related to natural fluctuations in the atmosphere, and are not directly caused by human influences (Anthropogenic Forcing).
• The increase in climate aridity in the region resulted from the significant rise in temperatures, which increases evaporation rates, not from the decline in rainfall.

These studies are a vital driver for developing critically important technologies such as satellite movement, precise navigation, Earth observation, and understanding climate variables, which gives the ability to monitor natural disasters.

In conclusion, this new scientific achievement by Cairo University represents a qualitative leap in understanding the dynamics of the Mediterranean climate, as the study revealed new facts that challenge the prevailing assumptions about the permanent trend towards drought in the Mediterranean, by proving that rainfall rates are constant in the long term and that natural fluctuations are the most influential factor.

The The Earth Guards Foundation__EG_PH_53believes that the study provides an accurate and realistic scientific framework. This framework is necessary for sustainable planning of water resources and the development of effective agricultural and environmental strategies based on strong data, which supports the country’s ambitions to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within its environmental framework aimed at confronting global climate challenges through research. Sober science is the true engine of progress and the only means capable of providing innovative solutions to the problems of our contemporary world.