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“Now really is the time for the basin states and tribes to redouble their work toward a consensus alternative.”

Until now, the process by which a million cubic kilometres of salt accumulated in the Mediterranean basin over such a short period of time remained unknown.

Echoing an ongoing U.S. mineral survey called the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, SinoProbe II aims to chart ore formations and fossil fuel basins as deep as 3 kilometers and develop extraction technologies.

The team found frequent mixing among the ocean basins, suggesting that whales do not return to the same basin every year.

Gold added that the exploratory modeling methodology also provides a roadmap for other work exploring drought vulnerability in institutionally complex river basins across the globe.