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The largest flood in Earth’s history burst through Gibraltar and Sicily and refilled the entire Mediterranean in just a few years
A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.
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A Megaflood Created the Mediterranean Sea
Imagine the Mediterranean Sea dried up. Then imagine the Atlantic refilling it in less than two years. That seems to be what happened 5 million years ago.
ScienceAlert14d
Largest Single Flood May Have Filled Mediterranean 5 Million Years Ago
A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.
RealClearScience14d
The Largest Flood in Earth's History
The next breakthrough came in 2009, when geophysical data for the planned Africa-Europe tunnel through Gibraltar suggested ...
The largest flood in Earth's history burst through Gibraltar and Sicily and refilled the entire Mediterranean
A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.
ZME Science on MSN13d
The Mediterranean Sea Was Once Dry—Then a Gigantic Flood Changed Everything
It's probably the largest flood in our planet's history.
The Independent15d
What we know about the cataclysmic ‘megaflood’ considered the largest in Earth’s history
The next breakthrough came in 2009, when geophysical data for the planned Africa-Europe tunnel through Gibraltar suggested ... known as the Sicily Sill. Was there any evidence, we wondered ...
The Independent on MSN15d
What we know about the cataclysmic ‘megaflood’ considered the largest in Earth’s history
A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar. According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car down ...