Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 6.2 million years ago, the Red Sea dried into a barren salt desert before a catastrophic Indian Ocean flood carved a canyon ...

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 ...

Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have provided conclusive evidence that the Red Sea completely dried out about 6.2 million years ago, before being suddenly ...

Around 6.2 million years ago, the Red Sea experienced a dramatic shift back to its marine identity, demonstrating Earth's ecosystems' resilience. A new study reports on a catastrophic influx of ...