Zealandia is the world's youngest, smallest, thinnest and most submerged continent, with about 94 per cent of it lying underwater. Scientists had known about it for decades, but were reluctant to state, unequivocally, that the lost continent physically existed. Particularly, he said the funding would enable to write a much-needed update of his most cited research paper, published back in 2004. 1995: A paper published by US marine geophysicist Bruce Luyendyk makes the first reference of Zealandia as a submerged continent, but only in passing. 2014: Nick Mortimer and Hamish Campbell's book Zealandia: Our Continent Revealed is published.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 30, 2022 16:13 UTC