At the western edge of the Mediterranean basin, a narrow land bridge once sealed off the Atlantic. We now call it the ...

The currents carry floating debris mainly from ... More information: Georg Hanke et al, Marine litter in the deepest site of ...

Evidence shows that hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100 kilometers (km) of open water to reach the Mediterranean island of Malta 8,500 years ago, a thousand years before the arrival of the ...

The weak currents in the trench — about two centimetres per ... This is a real hotspot where large quantities of waste accumulate. “The Mediterranean is an enclosed sea, surrounded by humanity, with ...

The sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea are home to over 700 varieties ... found in the Strait of Messina. The tides and currents in this bottleneck cause "upwellings" which draw ...

Long-distance seafarers crossed the Mediterranean Sea far earlier than ... have relied on their knowledge of prevailing winds and sea currents, and navigated by the stars and notable landmarks.

(photo credit: Caladan Oceanic) A discovery at the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea confirmed that human ... carried from coastal areas by ocean currents. “Part of the light waste, such ...

providing them with a sense of direction even if the islands were not easily visible at sea level. The prevailing winds and surface currents in the Mediterranean run southwards from Sicily and ...

The sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea are home to over 700 varieties ... found in the Strait of Messina. The tides and currents in this bottleneck cause "upwellings" which draw ...