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Just in case any of you aren't already aware of it, there's extensive evidence that the Mediterranean partially or completely "dried up" during the Miocene (~6
by jofer 13y ago
Just in case any of you aren't already aware of it, there's extensive evidence that the Mediterranean partially or completely "dried up" during the Miocene (~6 million years ago) and then rapidly flooded again.
This is referred to as the Messinian salinity crisis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinian_salinity_crisis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinian_salinity_crisis
I'd assume that's a significant part of the inspiration for this storyline.
- hussong 13y agoHere's a nice chart: http://i.imgur.com/oKBXjCT.png http://i.imgur.com/oKBXjCT.png
- Steuard 13y ago1. This is neat information: it's worth sharing. (I'm glad I ran into a discussion of it not long ago, because it helped me understand the sort of thing in this comic. Come to think of it... was it mentioned in a what-if?) 2. This is also a pretty big spoiler, I'd think.