Beneath the waves of the South Pacific lies Zealandia, a submerged landmass spanning nearly two million square miles. Often ...

Zealandia fits all those points, but being almost inaccessible, little is known about its geology in detail. A team of geologists coming from New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, the U.S ...

Mapping Zealandia's extensive submarine shelves was challenging, as 95% of its area lies underwater. This made it the last continent to be fully charted to its submerged boundaries, encompassing its ...

Much of Zealandia's evolution remains a mystery that scientists are still tackling head-on. A study published in the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics analyzed the sedimentary basins ...

It took a large international collaboration and a combination of satellite, radar, and rock data to understand Zealandia's geology. By 2019, the team had mapped the boundaries of South Zealandia.

The geological maps show Zealandia has some similar geology to West Antarctica. It fit together like a jigsaw puzzle - suggesting they used to be attached millions of years ago. Even though this ...

Scientists confirmed that the submerged land mass, named Zealandia, was its own continent ... and up-to-date picture of the geology of the New Zealand and southwest Pacific area — better than ...

ZEALANDIA Sanctuary, established in 1999, is the world's first fenced urban ecosanctuary. Spanning more than 500 acres, ZEALANDIA aims to preserve Wellington's valleys, forests and freshwater and ...

The first three requirements are found in just about every geology textbook ... notion that New Zealand is part of its own continent, Zealandia, is a newer argument. Submerged shelves that ...

Geoscientists have confirmed Zealandia, a continent hiding in plain sight for nearly 375 years. Covering 1.89 million square miles, it lay submerged beneath the waves, sparking excitement and ...