Beneath the turquoise waters of the South Pacific hides a massive secret—Zealandia, a sunken landmass stretching nearly two ...

Zealandia, Earth's hidden 8th continent, lay submerged for centuries. Now fully mapped, it reveals secrets of tectonic drift, ...

coherent landmass lost beneath the sea. The realization of Zealandia's existence was almost accidental. Nick Mortimer humorously noted how strange it was to uncover a continent in the 21st century ...

An incredible mapping effort has revealed the mystery of what had until recently been Earth's missing continent. Zealandia was only recognised as Earth's eighth continent back in 2017, and part of the ...

Where were the scientists heading? A map shows the once-lost continent of Zealandia. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Only recently, scientists mapped the hidden continent of Zealandia located in the Southern Ocean. Africa's split "will be just another move in this giant geological playbook," said IFL Science.

The geopark offers exceptional insights into the history of the Earth’s eighth continent, Zealandia, or Te Riu-a-Māui in Maori. The geopark provides evidence of the formation of Zealandia, which broke ...

If the plates there continue to diverge, millions of years from now eastern Africa will split from the continent to form a new landmass. A mid-ocean ridge would then mark the boundary between the ...