They say we know more about the surface of the Moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, but it still might surprise you to learn that we only just officially recognized one of Earth’s continents ...

Beneath the turquoise waters of the South Pacific hides a massive secret—Zealandia, a sunken landmass stretching nearly two million square miles. Though mostly underwater, this geological giant ...

Finding fossils of any species is an exciting discovery for science, but some are a little bit more special than others. In New Zealand, a 14.6-million-year-old fossilized bee has been discovered ...

Te Riu-a-Māui / Zealandia spans approximately 4.9 million square kilometres and stretches 4,300 km in length. Mapping Zealandia 's extensive submarine shelves was challenging, as 95% of its area ...

The crust making up Zealandia is between 10 and 30 kilometers thick, making it thicker than the seven kilometers of most ocean crust. But it is not as thick as other continents’ crust, typically ...

Credit: Geologyin. Seven years ago, Zealandia was confirmed as Earth’s eighth continent—a slab of continental crust stretching from New Zealand to New Caledonia, 95% of it underwater.

Episodes Season 1 Episode 1 We travel back in time; back to before the Zealandia micro-continent drifted away from Australia and the rest of Gondwana to learn what New Zealand looked like during a ...

Seven years ago, Zealandia was confirmed as Earth’s eighth continent—a slab of continental crust stretching from New Zealand to New Caledonia, 95% of it underwater. In 2023, it was fully ...

That year, GNS geologists announced the discovery of a new continent - a piece of land that had been hiding in plain sight underwater. What's more, the new continent could explain how the Pacific Ring ...

Lost Lands: Why Some Continents Go Missing—And How Scientists Find Them Again Zealandia, Greater Adria, and Argoland had all but vanished until sleuthing geologists tracked them down.

Zealandia is volcanically active, particularly in its northern region. Six areas within Zealandia consist of active volcanoes, with the Taupo Volcanic Zone, situated in the North Island of New Zealand ...