Around 5.3 million years ago, the eastern and western Mediterranean basins were suddenly refilled during an event known as the Zanclean megaflood. Now, a new study finds evidence of this flood in ...

"The Zanclean megaflood was an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, with discharge rates and flow velocities that eclipse all other known floods in Earth's history," said Dr. Aaron Micallef.

The sea may have been refilled by a gigantic "megaflood" some 5.33 million years ago, according to a new paper in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. The so-called Zanclean Megaflood ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered new evidence supporting the Zanclean megaflood, a theorized event that refilled the Mediterranean Sea after the Messinian Salinity Crisis had ...

The Mediterranean Sea was once a vast expanse of salt flats, known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted for hundreds of thousand years until a huge "megaflood" refilled it.

A new study has provided compelling new evidence that a huge “megaflood” refilled the Mediterranean Sea around 5 million years ago. This surge of water - the Zanclean Megaflood - is said to ...

The research suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago. An international team of scientists, including the ...

The Zanclean Megaflood offers new insights into the Mediterranean’s ancient past, challenging previous assumptions. Its impact on the region’s history remains a subject of ongoing research. The ...

Discoveries in Southeast Sicily reveal the massive scale of the Zanclean Megaflood, which refilled the Mediterranean Sea and ended the dry, salt flat-dominated landscape of the Messinian Salinity ...

The research suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ... A study led by researchers at The University of Manchester has exposed significant gaps in global research on transboundary rivers, revealing that ...

The Zanclean Megaflood which occurred between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago, was a massive flow of water that brought an end to the Messinian Salinity Crisis. During the crisis, the Mediterranean ...

Model showing how the south-east of Sicily and its offshore area were impacts by the flow of the Zanclean megaflood. (Credit: Giovanni Barreca) Using modern technology and old-fashioned fieldwork, ...