Submerged Zealandia: The Discovery of the Lost Eighth Continent Beneath the Pacific Ocean

When we look at a globe, we see seven distinct landmasses. But geography holds a massive, hidden secret. Just beneath the turbulent waves of the Pacific Ocean, surrounding the islands of New Zealand and New Caledonia, lies an enormous, fully recognized eighth continent, 94 percent of which is completely submerged.

Submerged Zealandia tells the thrilling scientific detective story of how geologists spent decades proving the existence of a landmass half the size of Australia. This wasn't a myt...