In fact, the Mediterranean Sea was, at one time, not even a sea at all. In fact, this now firmly aquatic areas once became a large, salty desert. This is all because of the Messinian Salinity Crisis.

A new study has revealed new evidence that a huge "megaflood" refilled a sea today adored by millions of tourists, ending a ...

The megaflood that refilled the Mediterranean Sea 5 million years ago was so huge and fast that it shaped the landscape of ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) New evidence indicates that a massive "megaflood" refilled the Mediterranean Sea around 5 million years ago, ending the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Geological ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered new evidence supporting the Zanclean megaflood, a theorized event that refilled the Mediterranean Sea after the Messinian Salinity Crisis had ...

As two of Earth's great tectonic plates slowly crash together, the Mediterranean Sea is likely to be wiped off the face of ...

By analyzing chlorine isotopes in salt deposits extracted from the Mediterranean seabed, scientists have pieced together a two-phase process that led to the sea’s dramatic desiccation ...

A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal ‘megaflood’ refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period during which the Med was a vast expanse of salt flats. The study suggests the ...

A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal 'megaflood' refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period during which the Med was a vast expanse of salt flats. The study suggests ...

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