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New maps reveal details about the size and shape of Earth's lost 8th continent, Zealandia, which disappeared under the Pacific Ocean
For the first time, scientists have mapped Zealandia's shape, the surrounding ocean floor, and the …
Aylin Woodward
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Lost Continent Found Under Indian Ocean
"The zircon points to the existence of fragments of an ancient micro-continent beneath the island (…
Agence France Presse
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Giant Fluorescent Pink Slug Discovered In Australia
Scientists believe that the slug's pink color helps camouflage it in the fallen red eucalyptus leav…
Robert Ferris
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Scientists finally finished mapping Earth's 8th continent Zealandia, helping them solve the lost continent's mysterious history
The huge landmassl, Zealandia, sits East of Australia. It's been lost underwater for millennia. Sci…
Jenny McGrath,Marianne Guenot
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A fragment of a mysterious 8th continent is hiding under New Zealand - and it's twice as old as scientists thought
Recent research suggests chunks of Zealandia, an eighth continent that disappeared under the Pacifi…
Aylin Woodward
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Earth has a brand-new continent called 'Zealandia,' and it's been hiding in plain sight for ages
The authors say the last item on the list - a question of "is it big enough and unified enough to b…
Dave Mosher
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Earth's newest continent 'Zealandia' was found thanks to a giant underwater land grab
"Oil remains a significant export earner in New Zealand and natural gas is a vital input to industr…
Dave Mosher
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A lost 8th continent is hidden nearly 1,000 miles under Europe, new research shows. Scientists named it 'Greater Adria.'
Naturally occurring magnets in the Earth's crust can help scientists track 240-million-year-old tec…
Aylin Woodward
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Namibia turned Donald Trump's 'shithole' slur into a spoof sales pitch for a safari tour
It was produced by Gondwana Collection, a Namibian agency which runs safari tours and wildlife lodg…
Kieran Corcoran
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Regent Seven Seas has unveiled a 4-month world cruise that will stop at 61 World Heritage Sites. Tickets start at $73,500, and $200,000 gets you a suite with a personal butler
Passengers for the "Moments In Time" cruise will travel on the 709-foot Seven Seas Mariner ship, wh…
Grace Dean
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These 3-billion-year-old crystals deep inside an underwater volcano could be from an ancient continent
"Our findings tell us that rifting and break-up of continental entities, driven by plate tectonic p…
Lindsay Dodgson
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An ancient missing continent was finally rediscovered 155 million years after it vanished
Researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands think they have uncovered the mysterious landm…
Marianne Guenot
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A mystery 300-mile wide formation lurking beneath Australia may be the largest asteroid impact crater on Earth
Scientists think the asteroid impact may have occurred roughly 450 million years ago, when 85 perce…
Marianne Guenot
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A new theory could overturn one of the most central 'facts' about dinosaurs
But Baron and his co-authors decided to take another look at the simple division that has defined t…
Kevin Loria
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There's an enormous gravity hole in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Scientists say they've finally worked out what's causing it.
A whole area of the Indian Ocean is about 300 feet lower than the average sea level. Scientists now…