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New evidence suggests megaflood refilled the Mediterranean Sea five million years ago (www.southampton.ac.uk)

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The study suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

There's a series of books written years ago that explore a group of people that go back in time to before the flooding, and during their wars/fighting, they open the Gibraltar strait and the flood begins. It was a series that really stuck with me, well written.

Saga of Pliocene Exile by Julian May.