Around 6 million years ago, between the Miocene and Pliocene epochs—or more specifically, the Messinian and Zanclean ages—the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean and formed a ...

The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), which occurred between approximately 5.96 and 5.33 million years ago, represents a significant geological event in the history of the Mediterranean Sea.

Scientists may have discovered how the Mediterranean Sea vanished, according to a new study revealing it happened in two phases.

However, during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, a far more extreme event took place. Nearly one million cubic kilometers of salt, mainly gypsum and halite, were deposited, creating a legacy that ...