Zealandia is a microcontinent that separated ... Why do we have these central North Island volcanoes? Why do we have the Southern Alps?" said study lead author Kyle Bland. "If you understand ...

Mapping Zealandia is therefore not simple, but worth the effort. A map created in 2019 of the southern region of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Notably, Zealandia primarily remains submerged beneath the ocean's surface, with only a fraction of its landmass surfacing as islands, reminiscent of New Zealand itself. Andy Tulloch, a geologist ...

Zealandia is a new and mostly submerged continent off the coast of New Zealand. The discovery started with offshore oil drilling in the 1960s. A UN treaty that gave drilling rights to continental ...

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 ...

But scientists can't agree on whether this submerged land mass, called Zealandia, is a continent or not. A team of geologists declared it one in 2017, but not all researchers are convinced.

Beneath the South Pacific Ocean lies a microcontinent that was hidden for over 300 years. Zealandia, which separated from Australia millions of years ago and was once Earth's eighth continent ...