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Sicily, on the Front Line of the World's Italy Story
Migration, Etna, the Mediterranean: the stories the world tells about Italy often begin here.
Concetta Vassallo · 65 words
Geography & climate
Hot Mediterranean, increasingly arid; Etna's volcanic weather.
The Mediterranean's largest island — Etna, the coasts, the interior, the smaller archipelagos.
Economy & culture
Agriculture, tourism, energy and refining, fishing, a large public sector.
Greek, Arab, Norman and Spanish layers; the Mafia and the anti-Mafia; the frontier of European migration.
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- Sicily as the Front Line of Mediterranean Climate Change