The ruins of the ancient Greek port city of Adramytteion on Turkey's eastern coast emerged from the sea after sea levels ...

When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what they could mean. Four years of underwater research revealed a lost world.

dramatic sea-level drop or a slower, brine-filled process. This breakthrough offers new insight into the ancient forces that shaped the Mediterranean, helping scientists piece together the puzzle ...

Mar. 30, 2021 — Earth's sea level has remained fairly constant during the last 541 million years, but a new study suggests the planet may have been covered by a vast global ocean 4 to 3.2 ...

Around 200 million years ago, during the Mesozoic Era, the Mediterranean region was part of the vast Tethys Ocean, a sea that separated the ancient supercontinents of Gondwana and Laurasia.

Climate change, invasions, and economic decline contributed to the collapse of Mediterranean Bronze Age civilizations.

A submerged bridge made by ancient humans ... had flooded due to rising sea levels, with distinct calcium-rich deposits forming on it during periods of high sea level. Earlier studies have shown ...

During the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which occurred between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago, the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean. This isolation caused the near-total evaporation of ...