A team led by Giovanni Aloisi, CNRS researcher and geochemist at IPGP, highlights the significant drop in the Mediterranean Sea level during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, a major geological event ...

During the Messinian Salinity Crisis, the Mediterranean Sea became isolated from the Atlantic Ocean and evaporated, leading to vast salt deposits which reshaped the region's landscape. For years ...

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 ...