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ZME Science on MSN7d
The Mediterranean Sea Was Once Dry—Then a Gigantic Flood Changed Everything
It's probably the largest flood in our planet's history.
Front Page Detectives on MSN3d
The Largest Flood in Earth’s History Exploded in the Atlantic 5 Million Years Ago, Refilled the Entire Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Sea, today a glimmering cradle of civilizations, was once a huge, parched desert. Salt flats shimmered ...
Yahoo4d
A Megaflood Created the Mediterranean Sea
Imagine the entire Mediterranean Sea disappeared ... Known as the Zanclean Megaflood, it was the most colossal flood in history. Researchers studied geological features off southeastern Sicily ...
The Conversation11d
The largest flood in Earth’s history burst through Gibraltar and Sicily and refilled the entire Mediterranean in just a few years
(We now know that less than 11% of Mediterranean marine species survived the crisis, showing just how big and lasting the impact was on life in the sea). The term Zanclean Flood was coined in the ...
The Independent8d
What we know about the cataclysmic ‘megaflood’ considered the largest in Earth’s history
(We now know that less than 11% of Mediterranean marine species survived the crisis, showing just how big and lasting the impact was on life in the sea). The term Zanclean Flood was coined in the ...
Phys.org9d
The largest flood in Earth's history burst through Gibraltar and Sicily and refilled the entire Mediterranean
(We now know that less than 11% of Mediterranean marine species survived the crisis, showing just how big and lasting the impact was on life in the sea). The term Zanclean Flood was coined in the ...
Yahoo News UK12d
The largest flood in Earth’s history burst through Gibraltar and Sicily and refilled the entire Mediterranean in just a few years
(We now know that less than 11% of Mediterranean marine species survived the crisis, showing just how big and lasting the impact was on life in the sea). The term Zanclean Flood was coined in the ...