A recent study published in Scientific Reports found strange globs of tree resin (amber) mixed within claimed ancient (Cretaceous) deep-water sediments on Hokkaido Island in northern Japan.¹ This is the first reported instance of amber in what’s interpreted as a deep ocean setting.

Two recent studies by different groups have concluded essentially the same thing: there are mysterious cold rock slabs at the bottom of Earth’s mantle that cannot be explained by conventional theories.^1,2 Geophysicists typically color these colder rocks blue, as shown in the image.