The CNR launches the research expedition of the ancient natural bridge that connected Sicily to Malta

Started there Bridges expeditionof the Gaia Blu ship of the National Research Council: it will search for traces ofancient land bridge That 22 thousand years agowhen the sea ​​level it was about 120 meters lower than the current one, united the South-eastern Sicily to the island of Malta and to that neighbor of Gozo: a real one natural corridor that animals, and perhaps the first humans, could have used to move between the two regions, facilitating migratory flows.

THE official press release (it doesn’t change anything, it’s just a bit more technical): https://www.cnr.it/it/nota-stampa/n-14045/al-via-bridges-la-spedizione-che-esplora-l-antico-ponte-di-terra-che-univa-la-sicilia-a-malta