Oceanography
The Mediterranean Sea could disappear
As the Earth's two major tectonic plates collide, it is likely that the Mediterranean Sea will be wiped off the map in the future.
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The period when the Mediterranean dried up into a salty desert
Tectonic plate movements and falling sea levels once separated the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean, causing seawater to evaporate and form a vast saline basin.
Archeology
Found 5 oldest boats in the Mediterranean Sea
Five boats found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea were used more than 7,000 years ago for fishing by people living in a Neolithic village near present-day Rome (It…
Archeology
7,000-year breakwater in the Mediterranean Sea
The 100 m long and nearly 3 m high wall once protected the Neolithic villagers when the sea level rose at the end of the Ice Age.
Oceanography
Sharks are at risk of disappearing from the Mediterranean
Thousands of tons of sharks are caught each year and the impact from plastic waste pollution puts the Mediterranean at risk of absence of sharks.
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Ambition to dry up the Mediterranean to create super-continental Europe - Africa
A German architect put forward an ambitious plan to annex Europe and Africa to a supercontinent by absorbing Mediterranean waters and building dams.
Archeology
Discover the world's oldest oceanic crust
The oldest oceanic crust on Earth is located in the eastern Mediterranean with an age of about 340 million years.
Archeology
Detecting a mysterious dolphin near the Gaza strip
A group of archaeologists have found a rare dolphin statue near Kibbutz Magen, 20 km from the Mediterranean Sea, on the border between the Gaza Strip and the ruins from…
Environment
WWF: The Mediterranean is about to become
WWF reports that the density of plastic beads in the Mediterranean is nearly four times higher than other seas in the world.
Videos
Video: UFO suspects to suck Mediterranean sea water with water cannon
UFO hunters share a video of a scene of an unidentified flying object that seems to be sucking seawater off Algeria through a water cannon.