12 Unbelievable Submerged and Underwater Forests Around the World
Borth Beach (Wales)
Harsh winds and pounding waves striking the beach near Ynylas, near Borth, Wales, expose its thousand-year-old secret: it used to be a thriving forest. The evidence, including long-dead tree stumps and compacted peat, emerges after stormy weather washes away the sand covering it.
The ancient petrified forest consists of stumps of oak, pine, birch, willow, and hazel trees preserved by the anaerobic conditions in the peat.15 Radiocarbon dating suggests the trees died around 1500 BC.16
Harsh winds and pounding waves striking the beach near Ynylas, near Borth, Wales, expose its thousand-year-old secret: it used to be a thriving forest. The evidence, including long-dead tree stumps and compacted peat, emerges after stormy weather washes away the sand covering it.
The ancient petrified forest consists of stumps of oak, pine, birch, willow, and hazel trees preserved by the anaerobic conditions in the peat.15 Radiocarbon dating suggests the trees died around 1500 BC.16
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30 March 2022
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