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How could a body of water as big as the Mediterranean just...disappear? It would take decades and more than 1,000 research studies to even start to figure out the cause -- or causes -- of one of the greatest vanishing acts in Earth’s history.
Special thanks to everyone at the MEDSALT project, including Aaron Micallef, Daniel Garcia-Castellanos, Angelo Camerlenghi, and Luca Mariani, for allowing us to use their incredible graphics and videos in this episode. Check out their work here: [ Ссылка ] and the full version of their incredible recreation of the MSC and the Zanclean Flood here: [ Ссылка ]
This episode was written by Gabi Serrato Marks!
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That Time the Mediterranean Sea Disappeared
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