This chunk of continental crust, driven to the depths millions of years ago, is known as Zealandia, or by the Indigenous Māori name Te Riu-a-Māui. Now in a study published in Tectonics ...

Yet unlike many ecosanctuaries located on an offshore island, in a forest or in a rural environment, Zealandia is situated in a valley in Karori, a suburb only 10 minutes' drive from New Zealand's ...

With this technology, Zealandia is clearly visible as a misshapen ... Many of its ancient plants still live in the Australian Dorrigo forest (Credit: Getty Images) But there are still many unknowns.

These insights also highlight Zealandia’s role in shaping the Pacific region's dynamic geology. Dredge sites on the Fairway Ridge. Regional bathymetric map with SS2012V06 and IN2016T01 dredge sites.

Zealandia, when it was above water, would have been covered in ancient forest, similar to that of northern New Zealand today. Photo / File It was always there, drowned under the vast ocean ...

Geologists confirmed the existence of a hidden continent named Zealandia beneath the South Pacific Ocean. Covering approximately five million square kilometers—about the size of India—the ...

However, we aren't entirely sure what caused this thinning process, which is what a new team attempted to investigate, analyzing samples dredged from Zealandia to map and model the continent ...

ZEALANDIA Sanctuary, established in 1999, is the world's first fenced urban ecosanctuary. Spanning more than 500 acres, ZEALANDIA aims to preserve Wellington's valleys, forests and freshwater and ...

Katy is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some. Zealandia has been kicking about for a good 60 million ...

Beneath the South Pacific Ocean lies a microcontinent that was hidden for over 300 years. Zealandia, which separated from Australia millions of years ago and was once Earth's eighth continent ...