Discovering a 10,000-year-old mysterious forest in the deep sea

Researchers were extremely surprised and delighted at the discovery of the vast forest with thousands of years of life under the North Sea.

>>>Discover ancient primeval forest in the sea

Recently, experts from the mosaic project of the Marine Conservation Association of the University of East Anglia (UK) were surprised to discover the vast forest under the North Sea. According to experts' estimates, this prehistoric forest is 10,000 years old and can cover a large space.

Diver Dawn Watson, who led the project, said: "I have discovered a large, completely oak tree about 8 meters long in the sea at about 300 meters off the coast. Because the sea is not too dangerous, I have I decided to go a little deeper and I found a long array of strange objects. Looking closer, I realized it was wood, I started to approach and observe the entire trunk, branches - it's perfect ".

According to experts, this newly discovered oak tree is said to be part of a vast forest, up to thousands of acres. They believe that the melting ice sheets and the 120m sea level rise are the reason why this entire forest is submerged deep in the sea.

Mrs. Watson, who dived to explore the North Sea for 16 years, said: "This discovery is amazing. Before that, we had some clues about the parts of the tree that sleep in the deep ocean for thousands of years. but I don't believe it is such a large forest. It is estimated that this forest must be 10,000 years old. "

Continuing to observe, scientific researchers discovered that these fallen trees formed a natural reef with countless colorful plants and wildlife residing.

Currently, scientists are conducting measurements of carbon isotopes to discover the true age of the forest. Mr. Spray, who participated in the study, said: "We have planned to dive to be able to map out the forest map of the same size and real scale of this forest."