Eons Podcast

Could You Survive The Messinian Salinity Crisis?

In the Late Miocene Epoch, tectonic forces uplifted the Earth's crust, blocking off the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. A once-thriving marine ecosystem was replaced by an endless salty, desolate landscape. Is it possible for you to survive here?

Could You Survive The Messinian Salinity Crisis?

1h 11m

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    Could You Survive The Messinian Salinity Crisis?

    S2 E9 - 1h 11m

    In the Late Miocene Epoch, tectonic forces uplifted the Earth's crust, blocking off the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. A once-thriving marine ecosystem was replaced by an endless salty, desolate landscape. Is it possible for you to survive here?

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    Could You Survive The K-Pg Extinction?

    S2 E8 - 59m 3s

    66 million years ago, an asteroid hit our planet triggering global wildfires, an impact winter, and the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. Could you make it through the darkest days of planet Earth?

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    Could You Survive On Hateg Island?

    S2 E7 - 54m 18s

    There was an island in the Late Cretaceous Period in the fragmented European archipelago that turned out to be the hunting ground of a terrifying apex predator unlike any other: a giant pterosaur. Could you manage to survive on this island?

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