Between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea became a basin of desolation, cut off from the global ocean during what is known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC). This period saw ...

Instead, a colossal megaflood, known as the Zanclean Deluge, filled it with water over a surprisingly short period. An international team of scientists, including participants from the University of ...

The so-called Zanclean Megaflood is thought to have lasted between 2–16 years, with water flowing into the sea at a rate of 60–100 million cubic meters per second. For comparison, the ...

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 ...

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

"The Zanclean megaflood was an awe-inspiring natural ... identified geological features around Southeast Sicily that indicate a massive flood occurred across the region. The authors of the new ...

An international team of scientists, including the University of Southampton, have identified a series of geological features around South East Sicily that point to a massive flood taking place across ...

have identified a series of geological features around South East Sicily that point to a massive flood taking place across the region. "The Zanclean megaflood was an awe-inspiring natural ...

have identified a series of geological features around South East Sicily that point to a massive flood taking place across the region. "The Zanclean megaflood was an awe-inspiring natural ...