So how did this salty basin become the Mediterranean Sea once again? Well the situation reversed in exactly the same way that it was caused. The African and Eurasian tectonic plates continued to move.

As tectonic plates moved around, they sealed off the Strait of Gibraltar, essentially isolating the Mediterranean Sea. Gradually, the sea became a desert basin with kilometer-thick salt deposits.

A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...

Six million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea wasn’t nearly as picturesque as it is today ... and soon the ocean was pouring into the desiccated Mediterranean basin with the force of a thousand Amazon ...

Six million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea wasn’t nearly as picturesque ... and soon the ocean was pouring into the desiccated Mediterranean basin with the force of a thousand Amazon Rivers ...