Herman Sörgel, a German architect, formulated one of history's most ambitious plans: to drain the ocean. This project, known ...

Elevated sea surface temperatures in the Mediterranean are not just an isolated phenomenon - it is part of a larger global trend, with record warmth observed in most ocean basins over the past few ...

This is why the long, episodic Battle of the Mediterranean seems more important than all the previous naval battles of history. Sea power itself is challenged.

Abstract The River Nile in Africa is the world’s longest river. It is approximately 6650 km from the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea to its headwater sources, the Blue Nile and White Nile. The Nile ...

During this ecological catastrophe, which occurred around 5.97 to 5.33 million years ago, a huge amount of the Mediterranean Sea was dramatically transformed into a vast, salty lake. The level of the ...

Mediterranean Sea dropped during the Messinian Salinity Crisis -- a major geological event that transformed the Mediterranean into a gigantic salt basin between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago 2.

What would happen if humans dried out the Mediterranean sea, turning it into a giant salt lake? Would its wildlife survive, and if so, how long would it take to recover? Map of Herman Sörgel’s ...

The vessel was moored in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea when a sudden, violent storm created a waterspout, or sea tornado, that quickly caused the ship to founder.

The Mediterranean Sea reached its highest temperature on record on Thursday, Spanish researchers told AFP, breaking the record from July 2023.

The temperatures of the Mediterranean Sea in recent days have reached heat records set last summer, the main Spanish maritime research center told AFP Tuesday, with marine heat waves in some ...

Ocean drainage basin map of Africa Robert Szucs / Grasshopper Geography From these maps, several hydrologic patterns stand out.