undersea forest

Remnants of the dense forest of ancient times discovered off Lithuania, can reveal much information about the end of the Ice Age.

While studying a mid-ocean ridge at a depth of about 2,360m, the team found one

The underwater cypress forest dates from the ice age more than 50,000 years ago when the sea level is 120m lower than today.

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