Zealandia is not a new discovery – in fact, the idea of an eighth continent was first proposed in 1995 – but scientists have typically put it in one of two categories.

Scientists are making a renewed claim for Zealandia—a land mass that is 94 percent submerged under water and includes New Zealand—to be recognized as a new continent. In a paper published in ...

Zealandia has a continental crust thickness between about 6 and 18 miles, the thinnest of any continent. The crust thickness is believed to increase to more than 24 miles under portions of New ...

A landmass called Zealandia (gray region) deserves to join the ranks of continents, geologists propose. While only 6 percent of Zealandia rises above sea level (dark gray), including New Zealand ...

Dive into the fascinating discovery of Zealandia, a hidden continent submerged for 375 years! Uncover the secrets of Zealandia, the ancient continent beneath New Zealand, and learn about its ...

The 'lost continent' of Zealandia, which is submerged beneath the Pacific Ocean, experienced a major upheaval about 35 to 50 million years ago. According to findings published Feb. 6 in the ...

About 3,500 feet under the south Pacific waves sits a lost eighth continent. Scientists confirmed that the submerged land mass, named Zealandia, was its own continent in 2017. But they hadn't been ...

This is despite the continent being almost completely underwater, with only about 5% of Zealandia peeking above sea level. Researchers published their findings Sept. 12 in the journal Tectonics ...

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