A 330-Foot Wave: What the North Sea Asteroid Discovery Teaches Us About Mega-Tsunamis
Imagine a wall of water double the height of Niagara Falls rushing across the ocean at hundreds of miles per hour. It’s not science fiction—it’s the newly confirmed reality of the Silverpit Crater. After 20 years of debate, “shocked quartz” has proven that a skyscraper-sized asteroid triggered a massive mega-tsunami 45 million years ago. From the North Sea to the Sudbury Basin, discover how these cosmic collisions shape our coastlines and what they mean for modern planetary defense.