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According to scientists studying the geological history of the Earth, the current New Zealand is only a tiny part of a huge continent that sank in ancient times. Scientists call the giant continent that went under water Gondwana. Scientific research in this area became known from RIA Novosti material.
Gondwana split 80 million years ago, after which most of the ancient continent was flooded by the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Before the split, the continent united Africa, South America, Australia and Antarctica.
As a result of scientific research, researchers were able to build a detailed map of the continent before it was absorbed by the water mass of the ocean.
“In a new paper, Mortimer and his colleagues completed a detailed geological map of the continent and were able to more accurately describe the breakup of Gondwana. According to them, about 100 million years ago the united Australia and Antarctica separated, while Zealand was still connected to western Antarctica,” the publication says.
Earlier it became known that, according to a statement by geologists from China and Europe, in about 250 million years the Earth will become unsuitable for the life of mammals and other warm-blooded animals. The reason may be the emergence of a new supercontinent with a hot climate. More about this read the material Public News Service.
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