Beneath the turquoise waters of the South Pacific hides a massive secret—Zealandia, a sunken landmass stretching nearly two ...

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 ...

Zealandia was only recognised as Earth's eighth continent back in 2017, and part of the reason we didn't know very much about it for a long time is because most of it is underwater. It's thought that ...

Geologists believe that Zealandia was gradually flooded around 40 million years ago, thanks to the discovery of the basalt pebbles, which are associated with underwater volcanism. The study ...