Some 6.2 million years ago, the Red Sea basin was not recognizable as the deep blue waters of the ocean it is now. Instead, it was a desolate wasteland, cut off from Earth’s oceans, and inundated by ...

Researchers at KAUST have confirmed that the Red Sea once vanished entirely, turning into a barren salt desert before being suddenly flooded by waters from the Indian Ocean. The flood carved deep ...

For decades, the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin have been heavily regulated by dams and irrigation networks. As a result, the volume of water entering the ocean is about 60% smaller than 100 years ...