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The largest flood in Earth’s history burst through Gibraltar and Sicily and refilled the entire Mediterranean in just a few years
A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.
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The Drought-Stricken Romanian Villages Hung Out to Dry
In the arid north-east, the towns monopolise the running water while the villagers dig ever-deeper wells, in a race to the ...
Toxic dust and stressed seals: What the shrinking Caspian Sea could mean for people and nature
An area larger than Iceland is likely to dry up, even if the climate ‘only’ warms up by 2C. Here’s what that means in the ...
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Reservoirs reach rare milestone for first time in years — but the sudden change is raising new questions
Catalonia, a territory in the northeast of Spain, has been experiencing a years-long drought. However, in March, rain and ...