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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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Scientists Create One of the Most Detailed Maps of the Ocean Floor, Find Close to 100,000 Submerged Mountains
Scientists Create One of the Most Detailed Maps of the Ocean Floor, Find Close to 100,000 Submerged Mountains For decades, ...
Scientists Found Evidence of a 138-Foot-Deep Lake in the Middle of an Enormous Desert
According to the release, the ancient lake likely reached its largest size around 8,000 years ago during a time of heavy ...
Natural oil seeps: Dissolved organic matter may persist in deep sea for thousands of years
What is the role of dissolved organic matter in the deep sea? In a study relating to this question, researchers from the ...
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New study on natural oil seeps in the deep sea
What is the role of dissolved organic matter in the deep sea? In a study relating to this question, researchers from the Universities of Bremen and Oldenburg have investigated the composition of ...
Great Lakes basins may have formed millions of years ago from activity deep in the Earth — long before glaciers, study finds
A hotspot from underneath Earth’s crust may have created a low point that glaciers finished carving out and filling with ...
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Hydrochemical characteristics and controlling factors of deep karst groundwater in Huaibei Plain, Huaihe River Basin, China
The weathering and dissolution of evaporite minerals and silicate minerals were the main sources of the hydrochemical components, and also the main controlling factors for the hydrochemical evolution ...
Scientists reveal the Calypso Deep as an ultimate landfill for marine debris
A study in Marine Pollution Bulletin reveals record-high marine litter in deep waters, highlighting the urgent environmental crisis in the Mediterranean.