The Mediterranean Sea, today a glimmering cradle of civilizations, was once a huge, parched desert. Salt flats shimmered ...

Imagine the Mediterranean Sea dried up. Then imagine the Atlantic refilling it in less than two years. That seems to be what happened 5 million years ago.

A dramatic and cataclysmic event occurred over 5 million years ago, when water from the Atlantic Ocean surged through the ...

It's probably the largest flood in our planet's history.

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car down a kilometre-high slope towards the empty Mediterranean Sea, excavating a skyscraper-deep trough on its way. The Med was, ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

However, Musk's controversial role in the Trump administration has created a "brand crisis" for his electric vehicle company, Ives said. Some Tesla owners once drawn to the vehicle's environmental ...

The rapid attribution analysis found the human-caused climate crisis made the five-day heatwave in central Asia at least 4C more intense. But researchers cautioned that this might be a significant ...