{"id":4446,"date":"2023-10-18T12:46:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zaminrizkavan.com\/?p=4446"},"modified":"2024-08-24T09:14:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T09:14:59","slug":"scientists-finally-finished-mapping-earths-8th-continent-zealandia-helping-them-solve-the-lost-continents-mysterious-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zaminrizkavan.com\/en\/scientists-finally-finished-mapping-earths-8th-continent-zealandia-helping-them-solve-the-lost-continents-mysterious-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists finally finished mapping Earth&#8217;s 8th continent Zealandia, helping them solve the lost continent&#8217;s mysterious history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4446\" class=\"elementor elementor-4446\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75c9cde e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"75c9cde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7ba11c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7ba11c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:right;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4120 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zaminrizkavan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/65177a545640b20019d78a3b-570x570.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zaminrizkavan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/65177a545640b20019d78a3b-570x570.webp 570w, https:\/\/zaminrizkavan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/65177a545640b20019d78a3b-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/zaminrizkavan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/65177a545640b20019d78a3b-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/zaminrizkavan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/65177a545640b20019d78a3b-80x80.webp 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p><p>Zealandia broke apart from the supercontinent Gondwana millions of years ago then sank; It&#8217;s hard to study an underwater landmass, but researchers say they&#8217;ve created a complete map; Studying Zealandia&#8217;s geology helps scientists understand how and why supercontinents break up.<\/p><p>After decades of work, a team of scientists has finally completed a map of Zealandia. It&#8217;s helping them unlock the secrets of this lost continent&#8217;s mysterious past.<\/p><p>Zealandia is sometimes called Earth&#8217;s eighth continent. It stretches over 1.9 million square miles \u2014 about half the size of Australia.<\/p><p>But it was hidden, lost for millennia, because 95% of it is underwater. That makes it extremely difficult to map since most of its volcanoes, valleys, rifts, and mountains lie at the bottom of the ocean near New Zealand.<\/p><p>Resource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/zealandia-geology-map-lost-eighth-continent-sunken-underwater-2023-9\">businessinsider.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zealandia broke apart from the supercontinent Gondwana millions of years ago then sank; It&#8217;s hard to study an underwater landmass, but researchers say they&#8217;ve created a complete map; Studying Zealandia&#8217;s geology helps scientists understand how and why supercontinents break up. After decades of work, a team of scientists has finally completed a map of Zealandia. It&#8217;s helping them unlock the secrets of this lost continent&#8217;s mysterious past. Zealandia is sometimes called Earth&#8217;s eighth continent. It stretches over 1.9 million square miles \u2014 about half the size of Australia. But it was hidden, lost for millennia, because 95% of it is underwater. That makes it extremely difficult to map since most of its volcanoes, valleys, rifts, and mountains lie at the bottom of the ocean near New Zealand. 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