The event is known as the Messinian salinity crisis. So the theory goes, an upset in sea levels made it impossible for the Atlantic Ocean to flow into the Mediterranean Sea, plummeting it into a ...

"The Messinian Salinity Crisis occurred when the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean. This led to rapid ...

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 ...

Scientists have identified two phases of the Messinian Salinity Crisis that transformed the Mediterranean into a massive salt basin 5 million years ago. Analysis of chlorine isotopes reveals drastic ...

Until, that is, this roughly 600,000-year-long period known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis suddenly came to an end. At first, scientists believed that the water’s return to the Mediterranean ...

A meta-analysis of Mediterranean Sea marine species reveals the profound impact of the Messinian Salinity Crisis – a drastic environmental event that resulted in the almost complete evaporation ...

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 ...

Chlorine isotopes constrain a major drawdown of the Mediterranean Sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Nature Communications , 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53781-6 Cite This Page : ...

It formed about 5.5 million years ago because of the disconnection from the Atlantic during the Messinian Salinity Crisis. In a study published in the journal Science, an international team of ...

The 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.