Marine debris has reached deepest point in Mediterranean
The bottom of the Calypso Deep, a 5,112m deep depression in the Ionian Sea, contains one of the highest concentrations of marine debris in the deep ocean: it is yet another testimony to the increasingly worrying human footprint that has turned seas and oceans into a...
‘Megaflood’ refilled the Mediterranean Sea five million years ago
Satellite image of the Mediterranean Sea. Eric Gaba (Sting), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal ‘megaflood’ refilled the Mediterranean Sea millions of years ago. The study suggests the Zanclean Megaflood...