In fact, the Mediterranean Sea was, at one time, not even a sea at all. In fact, this now firmly aquatic areas once became a large, salty desert. This is all because of the Messinian Salinity Crisis.

“The Mediterranean is an enclosed sea, surrounded by humanity, with intense maritime traffic and widespread fishing activity. The evidence provided by our research should shake up global ...

By analyzing chlorine isotopes in salt deposits extracted from the Mediterranean seabed, scientists have pieced together a two-phase process that led to the sea’s dramatic desiccation ...

The research focused on gypsum formations that developed during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, a period when the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean. "The Messinian Salinity ...