The Great Mediterranean Drain: How 70% of Its Water Vanished in a Geological Crisis
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Recent studies reveal that the Messinian Salinity Crisis led to the Mediterranean Sea becoming a vast salt basin through a two-phase evaporation process, causing massive sea-level drops and widespread environmental impacts, including volcanic eruptions and global climate changes. The Mediterranean Sea underwent a dramatic transformation during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, a major geological event that […]
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Recent studies reveal that the Messinian Salinity Crisis led to the Mediterranean Sea becoming a vast salt basin through a two-phase evaporation process, causing massive sea-level drops and widespread environmental impacts, including volcanic eruptions and global climate changes. The Mediterranean Sea underwent a dramatic transformation during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, a major geological event that…
Recent studies reveal that the Messinian Salinity Crisis led to the Mediterranean Sea becoming a vast salt basin through a two-phase evaporation process, causing massive sea-level drops and widespread environmental impacts, including volcanic eruptions and global climate changes. The Mediterranean Sea underwent a dramatic transformation during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, a major geological event that…