Mystery of Atlantis Deepens as Ocean Floor Discovery hints at Ancient Catastrophe

 Mystery of Atlantis Deepens as Ocean Floor Discovery hints at Ancient Catastrophe

A discovery beneath the ocean floor has revealed evidence of a catastrophic event that may be linked to the destruction of the legendary lost city of Atlantis.

Some researchers, including well-known author Graham Hancock, have long proposed that around 12,800 years ago, a giant comet passed through Earth’s atmosphere, triggering devastation that wiped out advanced civilizations worldwide.

While credible proof of Atlantis itself remains elusive, scientists have now uncovered geochemical clues supporting the theory of this cataclysmic event, known as the Younger Dryas.

The controversial Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH) suggests Earth passed through debris from a disintegrating comet.

The resulting impacts and shockwaves destabilized massive ice sheets, causing massive flooding that disrupted crucial ocean currents and triggered rapid climate cooling.

Now, researchers led by the University of South Carolina have uncovered metallic debris, like comet dust and thousands of tiny microspherules, in Baffin Bay seafloor sediments, strengthening the comet impact theory.

Archaeologist Marc Young, co-author of the study, told the Daily Mail: ‘The Younger Dryas onset is associated with significant changes in human population dynamics all over the planet, though mostly in the northern hemisphere.

‘Several independent studies over the last few years have shown conclusively that most of the megafaunal species that went extinct disappeared precisely at that time.’

While credible proof of Atlantis itself remains elusive, scientists have now uncovered geochemical clues supporting the theory of this cataclysmic event, known as the Younger Dryasn..

Many mainstream scientists argue that the cooling was caused not by a comet but by glacial meltwater flooding the Atlantic Ocean.

This influx of fresh water weakened ocean currents that transport warm tropical waters northward, leading to the temperature drop.

However, Young pointed out that ‘such cooling events have occurred dozens of times over the last 100,000 years, but none caused megafauna extinctions, wiped out human populations, or deposited a global layer of impact debris like the YD did.’

He added: ‘Furthermore, the release of meltwater into the oceans at the YD onset was orders of magnitude larger than previous events, causing a near-instantaneous global sea level rise of over 16 feet, while past sea level rises during similar coolings were negligible.’

The sediment cores analyzed by the team serve as historical records, preserving layers of mud, sand and particles deposited over millennia.

By examining these layers, scientists can reconstruct past climates, ecosystems and geological events.

The four cores were collected from locations spanning about 620 miles across Baffin Bay, from shallow waters near Jones Sound to deeper areas near Davis Strait.

The cores were taken from water depths between 1,640 and 7,870 feet.

Scientists have found evidence of a comet crashing through Earth’s atmosphere 12,800 years ago. This aligns with the controversial Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis. Pictured are microspherules that have extraterrestrial properties

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14983129/Groundbreaking-catastrophic-event-linked-destruction-legendary-Atlantis.html

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