Friday, December 11, 2009

Mediterranean Was Created In Earth's Biggest Deluge

The deluge that formed the Mediterranean. Photograph: Roger Pibernat

From The Guardian:

Catastrophic flooding caused sea levels to rise by 10 metres a day, according to new research.

The Mediterranean Sea was formed by the most spectacular flood in Earth's history when water from the Atlantic Ocean breached the mountain range joining Europe and Africa with the force of a thousand Amazon rivers, scientists say.

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