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The two accumulation phases of the Mediterranean salt layer during the Messinian Salinity Crisis. In the first phase, salt accumulated in a Mediterranean Basin filled with brine; in the second phase, salt accumulated in a Mediterranean completely isolated from the Atlantic Ocean, as a result of the significant drop in sea level in the western and eastern Mediterranean sub-basins. © Giovanni Aloisi

How 70% of the Mediterranean Sea was lost 5.5 million years ago

November 27, 2024

The 37 kiloton 'Priscilla' nuclear test, detonated at the Nevada Test Site in 1957. Credit: US Department of Energy

Radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests found in deep ocean trenches

Using magnetic data: Researcher uncovers 340 million year-old oceanic crust in the Mediterranean Sea

Activity on seafloor linked to icy ebb and flow on surface

New Seafloor Map Helps Scientists Find New Features

The floor of the ocean comes into better focus

January 9, 2016

Mariana Trench “Deepest Part of the Ocean”

March 26, 2015

New Species Discovered Beneath Ocean Crust

February 15, 2015

Ice ages made Earth’s ocean crust thicker

February 7, 2015

New sulfate-breathing species discovered beneath ocean crust

January 15, 2015

What lies beneath modern New England? Mountain-building and the end of...

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Breathing Underwater: Evidence of Microscopic Life in Oceanic Crust

September 29, 2013

Oceanic Crust Breakthrough: Solving a Magma Mystery

January 3, 2013

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