Massive Meteorite Boiled Oceans and Sparked Life 3.2 Billion Years Ago!

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Discover how a mega meteorite, four times the size of Mount Everest, crashed into Earth 3.26 billion years ago, boiling oceans and triggering the largest tsunami ever recorded. Scientists now believe this massive impact may have helped life thrive! Location: London WooGlobe Ref : WGA140051 For licensing and to use this video, please email licensing@wooglobe.com

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00:00What if I told you a meteorite four times the size of Mount Everest

00:03once hit Earth and boiled the oceans?

00:05Around 3.26 billion years ago,

00:08a massive space rock named S2 crashed into our planet,

00:12making the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs look tiny in comparison.

00:16The impact was so colossal,

00:18it caused the ocean to bubble like a boiling pot of water

00:21and unleashed the largest tsunami ever recorded.

00:24Can you imagine?

00:26Scientists traveled to South Africa's Barberton Greenstone Belt,

00:29where they studied the crater from this mega-impact.

00:32The heat, the dust, the destruction, it was total chaos.

00:37But here's the twist.

00:38Scientists believe that this massive impact may have actually helped life thrive.

00:43The tsunami stirred up iron from the ocean's depths,

00:46while phosphorus from the meteorite fed life-boosting single-celled organisms,

00:50sparking a biological explosion.

00:53So while this meteorite was devastating,

00:55it might have helped life on Earth evolve.

00:58But if something like this happened today,

01:00we'd be in big trouble.

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