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Messinian Salinity Crisis: When The Mediterranean Sea Dried Into A Salty Desert
Once upon a time, the Mediterranean Sea turned into a vast salty basin for around half a million years. Hints of this ...
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For an Ecosystem in Crisis, Recovery Can Take Ages
A massive environmental calamity rocked the ancient Mediterranean. It took millions of years for the ecosystem to recover.
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The Mediterranean dried out 5.5 million years ago, offering sobering lessons for humanity today
What would happen if humans dried out the Mediterranean sea, turning it into a giant salt lake? Would its wildlife survive, and if so, how long would it take to recover? These may seem like wildly ...
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About 7 million year old fossilised monkey tooth found in Abu Dhabi
“These fossils indicate that, instead, Old World monkey dispersal could have taken place through the Arab region even before the Messinian Crisis,” said Dr. Gilbert, lead author of the stud ...