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 ...

Researchers have long believed that a sudden, massive deluge filled a dry, salt-filled Mediterranean some 5 million years ago ...

A new study paves the way to understanding biotic recovery after an ecological crisis in the Mediterranean Sea about 5.5 million years ago. Researchers have now been able to quantify how marine biota ...

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 ...

Between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago, the Mediterranean transformed from a thriving sea to a giant salt basin. The catastrophic event, known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis, was triggered by the ...

Imagine the entire Mediterranean Sea disappeared, leaving behind an empty, sun-baked salt plain stretching from Spain to the Middle East. Then imagine the Atlantic Ocean suddenly crashing through a ...

Marine sediments hosting abundant fossils dated in the Late Miocene, from about 8 to 7 million years ago. Fish otoliths, bivalve and gastropod shells, bryozoans and microscopic shells attest to the ...