Scientists discover new continent named 'Zealandia'

Scientists, after employing different research techniques, have recently found out that there is a new continent on Earth named ‘Zealandia’. They claim the ‘continent’ had been hidden and virtually invisible to the human eye for a millenia, until now.

The research carried out by some 11 scientists makes the case for the eighth continent by establishing that New Zealand and New Caledonia aren’t merely an island chain but part of 4.9 million square kilometer earth crust that is different from Australia.

While it has always been said and taught that Earth has seven



continents, namely Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, North America and South America, scientists argue that this continent is not a new piece of land but it has been around for ages.

“This is not a sudden discovery but a gradual realisation; as recently as 10 years ago we would not have had the accumulated data or confidence in interpretation to write this paper,” they said .

Besides the scholars involved, other learned researchers have also firmly accepted their findings. Bruce Luyendyk, a geophysicist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said,