Meet Zealandia: The Earth s 8th Continent (and Real-Life Atlantis)
To get 2 months of unlimited access to Skillshare for free, click here: http://skl.sh/scishow9 The story of Atlantis, a mythological continent that vanished into the sea after its inhabitants displeased the gods, has fascinated people for thousands of years. However, the idea of a whole continent sinking into the ocean may be more rooted in reality than you think. Thumbnail image credit: Reto Stöckli Hosted by: Michael Aranda Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, Tim Curwick, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/27/3/pdf/GSATG321A.1.pdf https://www.britannica.com/place/Gondwana-supercontinent https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-237102&fid=6439&c=undersea_features https://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Ocean-Floor/History-of-Zealandia https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo825 https://www.nature.com/articles/543179b?WT.feed_name=subjects_geology https://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Our-Science/Earth-Science/Regional-Geology/The-Geology-of-New-Zealand https://books.google.com/books?id=g9ZogGs_fz8C https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2607375/
