Tasmania. Photo courtesy of © Johnny Abegg
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Earth has eight continents, and world maps should reflect this, geologists say…
The eighth, a lost continent called Zealandia, isn’t a huge landmass that geographers have somehow missed. Rather, only small bits — including New Zealand, New Caledonia and a few other specks of land in the vast Pacific Ocean — are above sea level. The rest of this continent lies beneath the waves, a new study suggests…
Read Full Article, LiveScience (02-17-2017)
Long-lost continent found submerged deep under Indian Ocean; New Scientist (01-31-2017)
An ancient continent that was once sandwiched between India and Madagascar now lies scattered on the bottom of the Indian Ocean. Although Mauritius is only 8 million years old, some sparkly, iridescent flecks of rocks known as zircons crystals, found on the island’s beaches, date back almost 2 billions of years…
