00:00Imagine a wave so powerful, it tore entire forest from the earth
00:04and hurled their resin into the ocean depths.
00:07That's exactly what happened 115 million years ago in what is now northern Japan.
00:12Scientists have found ancient amber buried 11,000 feet deep in the sea.
00:16And here's the wild part.
00:18It was still soft when it got there.
00:20Tree resin normally hardens in just a week in air.
00:23But in water, it stays pliable for much longer.
00:25So when researchers found flame-shaped amber structures deep in the ocean,
00:30they knew it had to be transported fast, by a tsunami.
00:33Not just any tsunami.
00:35We're talking a wave so massive it ripped conifer trees from the coast,
00:39rafted them across the sea, and dumped their resin into the abyss.
00:43Buried alongside the amber were giant clumps of driftwood,
00:47mats of leaves, even intact pollen grains, all preserved by a rapid descent.
00:52This prehistoric tsunami was likely triggered by a colossal landslide
00:56during a period of violent tectonic shifts.
00:58And now, this amber offers something more.
01:01A new tool for tracking ancient disasters.
01:04Turns out, even millions of years later,
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