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THE STATE OF NATURE IS ONE OF CONSTANT CHANGE: The big spill: Flood could have filled Mediterranean?

By Glenn Reynolds

THE STATE OF NATURE IS ONE OF CONSTANT CHANGE: The big spill: Flood could have filled Mediterranean in less than two years. “The flood would have had a dramatic effect on local ecosystems, and could even have affected the global climate. The model suggests that global sea level dropped 9.5 meters as a result of the flood. The team points out that a much smaller flood in North America 12,000 years ago has been linked to a worldwide cold snap, and suggests that the Mediterranean flood may have had similarly significant effects.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on December 13, 2009 (boomark / email).