There's a new episode of PBS Eons. This one is about the "Messinian Salinity Crisis", which is the time when the Mediterranean Sea was separated from the Atlantic Ocean.
In the Late Miocene Epoch, tectonic forces uplifted the Earth's crust, blocking off the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. A once-thriving marine ecosystem was replaced by an endless salty, desolate landscape. Is it possible for you to survive here?
