Could You Survive The Messinian Salinity Crisis?
In the Late Miocene Epoch the Mediterranean Sea was blocked from the Atlantic Ocean and became a desert. Could you survive in that salty, desolate landscape?
Eons: Surviving Deep Time · PBS
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Show Notes
In the Late Miocene Epoch, tectonic forces uplifted the Earth's crust, blocking off the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. A once-thriving marine ecosystem was replaced by an endless salty, desolate landscape. Is it possible for you to survive here?
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