Scientists Discover Ice Age Forests in the North Sea’s Sunken “Lost World”

Ancient DNA preserved in seabed sediments suggests Doggerland hosted temperate forests far earlier than expected. Forests covered parts of Doggerland, the now-submerged landmass beneath the North Sea, thousands of years earlier than scientists once thought. The conclusion comes from a large study of sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) led by researchers at the University of Warwick. [...]