The Desiccation and Catastrophic Refilling of the Mediterranean: 50 Years of Facts, Hypotheses, and Myths Around the Messinian Salinity Crisis

M Roveri, S Lugli, V Manzi - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2024 - annualreviews.org
According to some authors, the Messinian salinity crisis was ended by a giant waterfall or
megaflood 5.33 million years ago, when the Atlantic Ocean reconnected in a catastrophic …

Late Miocene transformation of Mediterranean Sea biodiversity

K Agiadi, N Hohmann, E Gliozzi, D Thivaiou… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Understanding deep-time marine biodiversity change under the combined effects of climate
and connectivity changes is fundamental for predicting the impacts of modern climate …

Land-to-sea indicators of the Zanclean megaflood

A Micallef, G Barreca, C Hübscher… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
One debated scenario for the termination of the Messinian salinity crisis 5.33 million years
ago is cataclysmic refilling of the Mediterranean Sea through the Zanclean megaflood. Here …

Overlooked coastal habitats expose a new species: Ochthebius vilanovensis sp. nov.(Coleoptera, Hydraenidae)

A Villastrigo, E García-Esquivel - Zootaxa, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We describe a new water beetle species, Ochthebius vilanovensis sp. nov., from supralittoral
coastal crevices on the northern Mediterranean coast of Spain. Detailed morphological and …