Scientists may have discovered how the Mediterranean Sea vanished, according to a new study revealing it happened in two ...

The event is known as the Messinian salinity crisis. So the theory goes, an upset in sea levels made it impossible for the ...

Scientists analyzed Mediterranean salt deposits to uncover the Messinian Salinity Crisis that caused massive water loss and ...

The Mediterranean Sea dropped during the Messinian Salinity Crisis—a major geological event that transformed the Mediterranean into a gigantic salt basin between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago.

Scientists have identified two phases of the Messinian Salinity Crisis that transformed the Mediterranean into a massive salt basin 5 million years ago. Analysis of chlorine isotopes reveals drastic ...

Artistic representation of the breach of the Gibraltar sill at the end of the Messinian salinity crisis. In the final moments of this crisis, the level of the Mediterranean Sea was around one ...

A new study, led by a CNRS researcher1, has highlighted just how significantly the level of the Mediterranean Sea dropped during the Messinian Salinity Crisis – a major geological event that ...

Chlorine isotopes constrain a major drawdown of the Mediterranean Sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Nature Communications , 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53781-6 Cite This Page : ...