• Episode 204 - The Messinian Salinity Crisis

  • Nov 10 2024
  • Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
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Episode 204 - The Messinian Salinity Crisis

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  • Around six million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea dried up, wreaking havoc with local marine life and leaving a dramatic legacy in the geologic record in the form of massive salt deposits. This episode, we’ll explore the evidence for this event, why it happened, how it ended, and the impact it left in the fossil record.

    In the news: marine crocs, giant cicadas, giant tadpoles, and drowning bats.

    Time markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00 News: 00:04:25 Main discussion, Part 1: 00:42:35 Main discussion, Part 2: 01:09:35 Patron question: 02:02:15

    Check out our website for this episode’s blog post and more: http://commondescentpodcast.com/

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    The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org

    Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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