Red alerts for extreme heat are in place in most of Italy’s main cities.
The record temperatures are not just affecting those on land.
The warming Mediterranean and increased amounts of plastic pollution are damaging ecosystems in the sea.

Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel Hamid reports from Anzio, Italy.

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