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Earth’s Greatest Mystery Can Be Solved With The Discovery Of Massive 60-Ton Log Over 40,000 Years Old Beneath A Swamp In New Zealand

An enigmatic universal event possibly caused great changes to the planet’s climate might be elucidated with the finding of a 40,500-year-old log within the excavation of a new power plant.

Source: Top Energy NZ

The log, weighing 60 tons, possibly hold the answer to the ancient Laschamp Event - where the earth’s north and south poles replaced each other’s position roughly 40,000 years ago.
The Kauri log was found 9 meters underneath the surface in an island in Northern New Zealand before being handed over to the local Maoris, following a significant excavation activity. 900,000 cubic meters of soil was dug up before the 16-meter log came across the sight of the workers.
The tree was determined to date back 40,500 years ago, intriguing experts researching on the Laschamp Event, a ‘magnetic inversion’ where the Earth’s north and south magnetic poles switch positions, believed to occur roughly 41,000 years ago.
Experts are looking forward to examine the radiocarbon levels in the tree rings to find out the exact timestamp and the period to which the reversal stretched.

Source: Top Energy NZ

They also assume that a magnetic field reversal and a fall in the strength of Earth’s magnetic field, permitting a higher level of solar radiation to come into contact with Earth’s surface, might have posed a great influence on the planet’s climate.
“This tree is critical, we’ve never found one of this age before” said Scientist Alan Hogg, from the University of Waikato, who also noted that the discovery was a sheer luck and this might be the key in the upcoming studies.
Hogg also adds that the tree might have been possibly between 1500 and 2000 years old when it died, based on its size. Currently, it has been moved to the adjacent area of Ngāwhā Marae (sacred site), where the hapū (a division of Maoris) hosted a ceremony to welcome it to their care.

Source: Top Energy NZ

Richard Woodman, the Ngāwhā Trusists committee chairman believed that it was a ‘great acknowledgement’ to see the tree being given back to its true owner, and not as a gift
Ngāwhā Trusists committee chairman Richard Woodman said it was a ‘great acknowledgment’ from Shaw that the tree had been returned to its rightful owner and not as a gift.
The shipment of the log requires arduous efforts, with sections around 1.5 m long needing cutting off at both ends to be moved comfortably, and the stump alone weighs 28 tons. The 3 sections were lifted by two 130-ton cranes, then carried by trucks 5 km down the highway, with the entire operation lasting four hours.
H/T: Daily Mail Online
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