This causes its water to be more salty, since salt compounds are left behind to dissolve into a reducing volume of water. As the Mediterranean Sea evaporated over time, salt was left behind.

Millions of years ago, the Mediterranean Sea was transformed into a vast, desolate salt desert, its waters evaporating at an alarming rate and leaving behind a giant salt bed. This dramatic shift ...

The sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea are home to over 700 varieties of fish and almost 10 per cent of the world's marine species. Its coastline is one of the most densely populated ...

A new study has provided compelling new evidence that a huge “megaflood” refilled the Mediterranean Sea around 5 million ... was a vast expanse of salt flats, known as the Messinian Salinity ...

The sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea are home to over 700 varieties of fish and almost 10 per cent of the world's marine species. Its coastline is one of the most densely populated ...

The Romans, masters of food preservation, used salt to dry meat and fish, ensuring provisions for long journeys and for their legions moving across the empire. Yet, the method of salt harvesting has ...