seabed

Thanks to analysis of the chlorine isotopes3 contained in salt extracted from the Mediterranean seabed, scientists have been able to identify the two phases of this extreme evaporation event.

Muizzu’s administration also announced that it would not renew a hydrographic survey agreement with India that was signed by the previous government to map the seabed in Maldivian territorial waters.

Huge amounts of water probably left the seabed, and later cascaded back down creating unique imprints on the floor.

The wreck lay on the seabed until the 1980s, when a US salvage company, Glocca Mora, said it had found it.

The timbers were discovered on the island of Sanday in February after they were released from the seabed during a storm.