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

The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), occurring between approximately 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago, represents a watershed moment in Earth’s geological history. This event is marked by the almost ...

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 2. Until ...

Researchers identified geological features that point to a single massive flooding event that refilled the Mediterranean Sea 5.33 million years ago Reading time 3 minutes Millions of years ago, the ...

The Mediterranean Sea, today a glimmering cradle of civilizations, was once a huge, parched desert. Salt flats shimmered where dolphins now swim. This was not the doing of human hands or even ice age ...

A dramatic and cataclysmic event occurred over 5 million years ago, when water from the Atlantic Ocean surged through the Strait of Gibraltar, filling the Mediterranean Sea. This event, known as 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 the ...

Scientists have long sought to understand an unusual climactic and geological event known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis. During this ecological catastrophe, which occurred around 5.97 to 5.33 ...

Is it possible for you to survive in the Late Miocene Epoch? In the Late Miocene Epoch, tectonic forces uplifted the Earth's crust, blocking off the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. A ...

A new study has highlighted just how significantly the level of the Mediterranean Sea dropped during the Messinian Salinity Crisis -- a major geological event that transformed the Mediterranean into a ...