The authors also found evidence of w-shaped flood channels using seismic data and developed computer models to simulate how ...

The Mediterranean Sea was once a vast expanse of salt flats, known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted for ...

"The Zanclean megaflood was an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, with discharge rates and flow velocities that eclipse all other known floods in Earth's history," said Dr. Aaron Micallef.

A new study has revealed new evidence that a huge "megaflood" refilled a sea today adored by millions of tourists, ending a ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered new evidence supporting the Zanclean megaflood, a theorized event that refilled the Mediterranean Sea after the Messinian Salinity Crisis had ...

The megaflood that refilled the Mediterranean Sea 5 million years ago was so huge and fast that it shaped the landscape of ...

The research suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago. An international team of scientists, including the ...

The study suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago. An international team of scientists, including the University of ...

The study suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago. A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal ...

The Messinian Salinity Crisis—which ran between 5.97 to 5.33 million years ago—occurred when the sea became isolated from the Atlantic Ocean, leading to the near-complete evaporation of the ...