The study suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago. A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal ...

Until, that is, this roughly 600,000-year-long period known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis suddenly came to an end. At first, scientists believed that the water’s return to the Mediterranean ...

During the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which occurred between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago, the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean. This isolation caused the near-total evaporation of ...

This dramatic shift, known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), was a time when the ... and what it means for our understanding of climate change and oceanic connections. The Mediterranean ...

The research suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago. An international team of scientists, including the ...