How dare you speak of the continent of Aotearoa! Abel Tasman sailed around here AFTER it was named such. As did Cook. Kupe is the attributed founder. Lately Australia (unfortunately) has been sending its carbonized Eucalyptus, Koalas, Snakes and Goannas etc over to Aotearoa (NZ) - further building up the land mass. These carbon particles attached to South Island glaciers melting them further - a reverse carbon offset effect as sea level water levels will rise. More than likely countering the aerial carbon deposition effect on land. (The smoke amount was so much it blotted out the sun on a summer's day & the acrid Eucalyptols could be smelt for 1 to 2 days afterwards.)
@@Jimjolnir Smoke/smell equals personal anecdote from NZ from earlier in the year, the smoke blotted out the sun. Cars needed headlights a few mins after the YT vid I posted. Tried filming the eclipse like conditions after this but it was too dark to register on my then lower quality smartphone. All the others searchable on net.
It's great to know the Devs still care about the game and are making new content for it. I know people are waiting for the rumoured WWIII Homo Sapiens event but it's nice to finally get some general content updates outside of Homo Sapien updates.
Too bad humans are nerved into oblivion. I read an article which stated 40% of millennial men can't open jam jars.. Definitely need a quick fix for that.
I'm not jumping on this new continent thing too soon. Scientists will likely downgrade it to a dwarf continent, making all our celebratory T-shirts obsolete.
Really! What are the minimum size requirements to qualify as a continent? Seems to me that a "continent" should be land that is above sea level, otherwise, you're more of a continental shelf, no? I'm no geologist, but, right now, NZ looks like an island chain, no offense. (my .02)
Yeah knowlage and science shulde never evolve.. Like Religion🤦🏼♂️.. Ofcours it might change, science is not set in stone it is ready to evolve with new knowlage.
@Kevin Bill Good News! People with a condition called Aphakia can see into the UV spectrum, and perceive wavelengths up to about 300 nanometres. They say it has a kinda blue-white color.
If you want to see some new colors check out "Impossible Color" on Wikipedia and there go to the "Chimerical colors". They have examples you can try. I found those really interesting.
With the rich oil deposits and enormous natural gas reserves, it is a certainty there are many fossils there. There is enough fuel there to power the planet for 200 years also. There are also huge fisheries, incredible ocean life, mineral wealth, and many envious eyes looking that way as well. It is a certainty that China, Russia, and Untied States of America are all looking in that direction, as well. Strangely, these are the three nations that have enormous petroleum reserves of their own. China will make an artificial island nearby and set claims to parts of Zealnlandia. Russia will just annex part of Zealandia without having any legal reason to do so. United States of America will have a war because of it. It is just things these three nations do. Meanwhile, New Zealand is stuck in the middle.
5:35 You've inverted the meaning of inter-glacial, which literally refers to the time _between_ glacial periods. The continental shelf outline you see there is typically the shoreline during glacial maxima.
Earlier I was scrolling through my feed on my phone with the sound off, so when this video started playing, it automatically gave me subtitles. The subtitles read, “ Hello 1/4 person this is Anton...” I cackled so hard! Made my day.
For quite a long time, I thought Thoughty2 was saying “42,” because that’s what the caption read. I love to go to Wiki Tongues videos and turn on the captions. I end up wheezing!
Never heard of this. As always, another fascinating presentation. I have learned so much from your channel. I look forward to learning more. Thank you "Wonderful Person" 😄😃
Anton reports all space headline Gnewz.. even though over half of it thoroughly contradicts hard-line Cosmological Theory... I love Anton but _wish_ he would make a definitive upload that would state just how much standard physical space-believe mantra he truly stands with... !? Anton is awesome, a wonderful person... but I find it hard to get xactly behind him, due to the slightly confusing physics uploads he makes... ? Anton, you are Uber Wünderbar .... But where do _you_ stand, my BrO !?
@@BrodyLuv2 You know bleeding edge research won't be universally accepted material, or even self consistent, right? How can you expect every headline to be already established science. Doesn't seem reasonable to do that.
Wow..this is amazing. We were just discussing Zealandia few hours ago. We knew it was a new continent but didn't know anything about it. You have cleared up a lot for us. Thank you
Everye other school in the world: There are 7 continents My old middle school: There are 4 continents. Eurasia, America, Africa, Oceania Anton: actually there are 8 continents!
Nah, there's actually 7. If you count the submerged continent of New Zealandia, and discount Europe as its own thing, and lump it in as a part of Eurasia. Which I do, because Europe is not it's own continent, it's not even a subcontinent like India. It's just a big peninsula.
@@Versuffe Then the entire planet is one giant continent, the one thing you learn from this channel is no one corrects themselves over and over again more than scientists.
@@wolfereignowns1154 Continent is above water landmass of a certain minimum area - which is why Australia counts and Greenland doesn't. Trust idiots to try redefining something that's been accepted for a long, long time. Instead of calling it Zealandia, they should call it Zoolanderia. That would explain it better.
This week I learned of a eight continent and Denisova man. These were not known when I went to school 20 years ago. First a video on YT then a few hours of reading. The Internet is a great thing!
So glad I found this video, I'm a video game dev and I do alot of work with height maps, one day I was looking at a this part with out the ocean rendered and was just baffled as to what I'm looking at. I think I was using tangram mapper?
@@HotPinkst17 Thing is, things on earth move a lot faster than most scientists give them credit for. In the infancy of modern science, there was a rivalry between religion and science. Science said the earth moved slow, christians that it was created instantly by god. So many scientists still to this day refuse to believe that the earth can have spontaneous periods of rapid motion. We have seen this. We have seen a continent rise over 10 inches nearly instantly. You have to realize, there is actually, LITERALLY, zero evidence that the continents perpetually move at a slow rate. That is a huge assumption that is never questioned. Just because we havnt seen it in the past couple hundred years, doesnt mean that continents can sink suddenly, near instantly, or rise out of the ocean, or move large distances suddenly. Its literally only assumptions based out of the early politics of science vs theism with absolutely zero evidence to support that claim.
@@RealHankShill There is punctuated evolution in biology as well. It makes sense condition could change, there is strong evidence I've heard for Antarctica moving south relatively suddenly then slowing down again.
@@HotPinkst17 Anton straight up said that it could have been land during the interglacial periods which was the same period that "humans" crossed the land bridge by Alaska", so the real answer is we don't know yet whether or not it was above land...
Always interesting, thank you. For myself I think the word "continent" should be regarded as a useful but non-scientific term, like "fish". As should "planet". If "continent" really must have some scientific rigor behind it my definition would be: "A distinct region of non-oceanic crust associated with one or more grouped cratons." This definition would fit reasonably well with the current consensus as to what the continents are, gives an indication of our understanding of their formation, and allows for future developments: -Africa is currently one continent but if the rifting in East Africa continues it will become two separate continents as the Eastern part will have it's own craton(s) -Europe, Asia, and India, get to be individual continents as while they are connected they are each distinct regions with their own separate craton groups -If India keeps up with it's current travel it will stop being it's own continent when it's cratons join with those in Asia -Greenland will become a continent as it has a craton of it's own -Zealandia will *not* become a continent as while it is a distinct region of non-oceanic crust it has no craton ...but that's only if we must have a scientific definition. Fish is a perfectly useful word but it has no place in biological classification. PS India is very interesting as it has quite a few, smallish, cratons given it's size and is a relatively shallow continent. So much so that some of it's cratons seem to be eroding to the point where they may disappear completely - it' that happens they will be the fist known cratons in the history of our planet to do so and I'd say such a situation would deserve a new geological age... "dissolving" it's cratons would be another way for India to stop being a continent.
I was pretty much waiting for someone to mention cratons and their relevance to continent definition. I agree totally. I think that naming this area of shallow ocean as a continent is being a bit premature...
@@jackrasmussen5222 every continent has some crust thats underwater. so zealandia is just more continental shelf than land mass. im team zealandia. but a continent has to be almost entirely surrounded by water, otherwise its just a tectonic plate if borrdered by other landcovered plates,
UNCLOS - UN Convention on the Law of the Sea - for the last decade or so, every country with coastlines has been doing a lot of marine geology to determine the extent of their continental shelf and slope to determine where the economic exploitation zones will be. In Canada, the Geological Survey of Canada has been doing a lot of this in the Arctic - studying the Lomonosov Ridge, Alpha Ridge, Mendeleev Ridge, the High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP), etc. It's going to be quite something to work out the situation in the Arctic with so many countries bordering on the Arctic Ocean.
Coke commercials are so gay that I cant drink it. Also whenever I shoot up cocaine, I lose 10 pounds of hydration in less than 24 hours and dose like every 30 min.
They don't actually eat the rubber, Kea's are tough little bastards who will strip anything of a car that is loose, or can be loosened. There was an advert a few years ago when an insurance company parked a car, and filmed Kea's over a few days pulling everything they could off it.
Red Bat Racing Kea will destroy anything for entertainment. This is why you never leave your boots or anything else outside your tent when hiking (tramping) in the mountains here. It would suck to discover that you have no gear in the morning.
the largest eagle in recorded history lived in New Zealand and its main prey was a 10ft giant bird called the Moa. The Moa got hunted to extinction by Maori which also caused the extinction of the eagle as that was its main food source. happened 600 years ago
Maybe we did. Until its truly explored, whos to say. Atlantis couldnt have been as powerful as some tiny place we could lose on the map. If anything on earth is powerful its because if the energy in and around it. Alot of people=alot if energy=alot of power. I wish I had gone into oceanography or become a marien biologist like I originally planned. But if course all i could think of was being eaten by sharks, or a giant squid, or even swallowed on accident by a whale. Thanks hollywood.
@@lovelyscorp79 It's funnier to think Atlantis was populated by people who had collective psychosis and thought they could live underwater, so they manipulated their tectonic plates, sank their continent, and then died.
Robert Coughlin yeah it was a stupid first thought that popped in my head. I’ve also heard theories that Atlantis used to be in the center of the Richat Structure and was racked by earthquakes but so far seems to really be pseudoscience.
I think the original derivation of the word "continent" has little relation to it's current scientific definition. At some point the criteria were changed, I'm guessing when we learned about the role of plate tectonics? It's a bit outdated to stick with the continuous land definition when we know that a tectonic plate is a tectonic plate, whether it gets higher than sea level or not :)
@@GiordanoBruno42 So Arabia and the Caribbean are continents and Zealandia is still not a continent because it is split between the Australian and Pacific plates? Yeah, sorry, that is also bullshit.
@@yaldabaoth2 Going by continous land we get to the point where Europe and Asia are the same continent, if we decide to ignore man-made bodies of water, Africa and Eurasia are a single one, the same with the Americas.
I was watching a lecture on dinosaurs of New Zealand ( there are very few) and part of it involved Zealandia. They mentioned an island where they found a lot of fossils 10s of thousands of years above the K-T boundary
I agree. Zealandia is a continental shelf, not the actual continent. But then the scientists will argue, there is land. It is just under water. Do not get me started on what was done to Pluto.
it consists of continental crust which is a crucial part. Being above water has little to do of being a continent. It just happens that continents are above sea level.
New Zealands Exclusive Economic Zone is already one of the biggest at some four million square kilometres. The sparse arcilpeligo with many isolated distributed islands all around the main islands has circles of territory toward antarctica beyond the international date line and to the north.
Pluto is still a planet, if we omit dwrf from the alphabet. And even if we keep the letters, it still says planet. Not a dwarf comet, dwarf star, but planet. Or, in even other words, earth is still a planet even if we call it the blue planet. Think of it like planet beeing the "family" name. Feeling better now?
Pluto was demoted after the definition of what constitutes a planet was refined. This Zealandia theory fails because the definition of what constitutes a continent has not been refined.
@@ephemeralvapor8064 , if the chicken wants to pluck her own feathers, just like if she wants to cross the road, it's her prerogative! And it is her responsibility to deal with the consequences, regardless of what they are.
I know most call NZ small but you might like to look at the map which has NZ superimposed over Europe... I was first reading about the possibility of this a year or two ago, so it is good to see they have continued the studies. Another great video Anton, Thank you for sharing :)
I wonder, when the earth consisted of a single continent and a VAST ocean, whether the planet's wobble was more pronounced because uneven land mass distribution... Excellent video!
“Theres alot of gas and Oil in Zealandia” America: Did someone say establishing a new Continental force to free the Kiwis from there oil? Edit: Ok Internet geopolitical experts its a damn joke call down
Hi from New Zealand, Talk of it after the 2016 Kaikoura town had a 7.8 earthquake , it lifted the ocean floor and reshaped our coastline exposing the continent more.
As I had said and where I have said it would be. It was once also apart of the Himalayan Mountains. About 75,000 years ago Mt Toba to the southern tip, which is Indonesia now, erupted and the magma chamber beneath collapsed causing the sinking of the continent and this caused the ring of fire volcano chain to erupt for 150 days straight.
Atlantis wasn't a continent. Plato never claimed that it was. It was an island or group of islands in the middle of the Atlantic, inhabited by an advanced culture.
Finally we found old zealand
Yeah back in 2017 he’s really late in this
garrett hooper I thought so too
garrett hooper no 2007 was when the confirmed that it was its own continent - but it was known back in 95
Haaaa!
It's Mu!! Lol
Zealand of course is the Dutch term for "Sea-land." So, Zealandia is a most fitting name for a continent that is 95% covered by sea.
How dare you speak of the continent of Aotearoa! Abel Tasman sailed around here AFTER it was named such. As did Cook. Kupe is the attributed founder.
Lately Australia (unfortunately) has been sending its carbonized Eucalyptus, Koalas, Snakes and Goannas etc over to Aotearoa (NZ) - further building up the land mass. These carbon particles attached to South Island glaciers melting them further - a reverse carbon offset effect as sea level water levels will rise. More than likely countering the aerial carbon deposition effect on land. (The smoke amount was so much it blotted out the sun on a summer's day & the acrid Eucalyptols could be smelt for 1 to 2 days afterwards.)
@@rickh3714 This is interesting! Could you share a link? Video or text.
@@Jimjolnir
Smoke/smell equals personal anecdote from NZ from earlier in the year, the smoke blotted out the sun. Cars needed headlights a few mins after the YT vid I posted. Tried filming the eclipse like conditions after this but it was too dark to register on my then lower quality smartphone.
All the others searchable on net.
Atlantis. I knew we would find it... 😉
@@baomao7243 wait...
YOURE ON TO SOMETHING !
IIRC this was discussed as a possibility in one of my geology classes several years ago. Cool that it got confirmed.
hi cody
Underrated comment.
You know a channel is interesting if Cody's Lab watches it.
@Cody’sLab You’re a teacher?
yeah, i was taught about Zelandia in no uncertain terms in geology lectures more than 15 years ago
Oh no! We Aussies are never going to hear the end of it from the Kiwi's. 🤦♂️
You guys have got Kiwi Atlantians now. XD
We're still bigger than New Zealand, and still better cricketers 💪🤣
Yeah but we can lay claim to officially having a continent for longer than them
I’m worried about all those dole bludging aussies coming here now.
Your damn right
It's great to know the Devs still care about the game and are making new content for it. I know people are waiting for the rumoured WWIII Homo Sapiens event but it's nice to finally get some general content updates outside of Homo Sapien updates.
Can't believe the Devs trolled us a few months back. Saying the ww3 event was going to happen.
That was a teaser trailer, we still have to get through the weekly updating pandemic storyline first.
Lmao, love it
Too bad humans are nerved into oblivion. I read an article which stated 40% of millennial men can't open jam jars.. Definitely need a quick fix for that.
I hope we can patch the Corona soon. That's a nasty bit of rogue code.
I'm not jumping on this new continent thing too soon. Scientists will likely downgrade it to a dwarf continent, making all our celebratory T-shirts obsolete.
Really! What are the minimum size requirements to qualify as a continent? Seems to me that a "continent" should be land that is above sea level, otherwise, you're more of a continental shelf, no? I'm no geologist, but, right now, NZ looks like an island chain, no offense. (my .02)
There's always india, technically it is its own continent.
"dwarf continent" just say the actual name, Island.
Yeah knowlage and science shulde never evolve.. Like Religion🤦🏼♂️.. Ofcours it might change, science is not set in stone it is ready to evolve with new knowlage.
It's called a subcontinent, as in "The Indian subcontinent"
It's about time. I was getting fed up with the existing continents. What we need next is a new primary colour
Can't wait until I gain a new sense to perceive 4th dimensional spaces.
Hypercube here I come!
I discovered a new number while playing spades a few years back. “Threeve “. It’s very useful.
@Kevin Bill
Good News! People with a condition called Aphakia can see into the UV spectrum, and perceive wavelengths up to about 300 nanometres.
They say it has a kinda blue-white color.
@@tammymccaslin4787 jeopardy, french stewart lol
If you want to see some new colors check out "Impossible Color" on Wikipedia and there go to the "Chimerical colors". They have examples you can try. I found those really interesting.
Old Zealand : My time has come
What do the Dutch have to do with this?
Xeridanus
James Cook got them involved, because can’t just use the native people’s names if you’re the British Empire.
boggisthecat he was playing with words haha not being serious
New Zealand : And so have I.
@@boggisthecat I know what they have to do with this historically, that's why I mentioned them. But they have nothing to do with it now.
Think of all the fossils down there! Who knows what new species we would find
Make me wish that was my job rn
With the rich oil deposits and enormous natural gas reserves, it is a certainty there are many fossils there. There is enough fuel there to power the planet for 200 years also. There are also huge fisheries, incredible ocean life, mineral wealth, and many envious eyes looking that way as well. It is a certainty that China, Russia, and Untied States of America are all looking in that direction, as well. Strangely, these are the three nations that have enormous petroleum reserves of their own. China will make an artificial island nearby and set claims to parts of Zealnlandia. Russia will just annex part of Zealandia without having any legal reason to do so. United States of America will have a war because of it. It is just things these three nations do. Meanwhile, New Zealand is stuck in the middle.
I was just about to comment this lol, maybe we finaly find dragons lol
US Government: Hippity hoppity, this is now my property
Indrid Cold Oil sucks!
5:35 You've inverted the meaning of inter-glacial, which literally refers to the time _between_ glacial periods.
The continental shelf outline you see there is typically the shoreline during glacial maxima.
Dork
Interesting video as always, and your intro always makes me smile. Thanks for being a wonderful person Anton :)
I genuinely get to learn so much from your videos, Thanks Anton ♥️
@Rowan Gruszecki Yeah, I just combined the first & last name by mistake 😅
Zealandia is mostly under water.
Earth: Hold my Beer
Human: Hold our air pollutants.
Enough with the beer , vodka is heavier
I loved the movie Waterworld as a kid. Maybe it will become reality?
@@johntavers6878 Not really. There isn't enough water on the planet to raise sea level that much.
Have you been living through 2020? I wouldn’t be surprised if zealandia rose out of the water and aliens had a city on it at this point.
Earlier I was scrolling through my feed on my phone with the sound off, so when this video started playing, it automatically gave me subtitles. The subtitles read, “ Hello 1/4 person this is Anton...” I cackled so hard! Made my day.
half a nice day twice
He does say it really fast. That is hilarious.
For quite a long time, I thought Thoughty2 was saying “42,” because that’s what the caption read.
I love to go to Wiki Tongues videos and turn on the captions. I end up wheezing!
@@llamasugar5478 but that’s the entire reason his channel is called Thoughty2
@@ryugo7713 I know (now). I thought maybe there was some inside joke there. This was before I realized how goofy auto-captioning could be.
Love your vids dude, keep up the awesome work!
Excellent video. Very interesting, informative, and worthwhile. Many thanks for the link to the map.
after 14 hours of work, some guy i havent meet calling me "hello wonderful person" makes my day.
Subitiles: "hello 1/4 person"
.....
Haha, those automatic subtitles are just horrible. Nice find.
Not even 3/5? I'm offended.
Lmaooooo
2027: hello the remaining 1/4 person of the world.
Never heard of this.
As always, another fascinating presentation.
I have learned so much from your channel.
I look forward to learning more.
Thank you "Wonderful Person"
😄😃
Yes Anton ya have fans down here to, one of my favourite channels, thank you. I've learnt more from you than any of my science teachers.
Thank you Anton for clarifying this point. I had read up on this a few years back, but of course, now that you mention it, it becomes official for me.
Oh is it finally official? Wooo!
Big AL 311 as far as I knew it was still up for debate and not officially accepted.
@@SarcasticDragonGaming Yeah, still debated.
Anton reports all space headline Gnewz.. even though over half of it thoroughly contradicts hard-line Cosmological Theory...
I love Anton but _wish_ he would make a definitive upload that would state just how much standard physical space-believe mantra he truly stands with... !?
Anton is awesome, a wonderful person... but I find it hard to get xactly behind him, due to the slightly confusing physics uploads he makes... ?
Anton, you are Uber Wünderbar .... But where do _you_ stand, my BrO !?
@@BrodyLuv2 Lay off the rat poison.
@@BrodyLuv2 You know bleeding edge research won't be universally accepted material, or even self consistent, right? How can you expect every headline to be already established science. Doesn't seem reasonable to do that.
Wow..this is amazing. We were just discussing Zealandia few hours ago. We knew it was a new continent but didn't know anything about it. You have cleared up a lot for us. Thank you
Your videos are so awesome!
I remember learning in school 27 years ago that there was 7 continents. Its crazy how much things change as we learn more and more about everything. 🤯
continents really come up fast.. our grandkids will already see mostly landmass dominated earth. xD
when my grandparents were born there was only 1 galaxy
@@logiclust Lets not forget that 14 years ago Pluto was considered to be a planet as well. 😁
@@Anidem9 holy shit now I feel old thanks
@@Anidem9 Yeah, not all of the "new facts" are actually learning.
2020 the year everything you thought you knew, you don't.
😉👌
Zealandia isn't new though. It's been known for years. It just wasn't officially recognized as a continent, but a sunken landmass - until recently.
*We can get pictures of mars but no real pictures of this place.. yawn* 😴
Anton always interesting to listen and view your UA-cam videos. Thanks
Everye other school in the world:
There are 7 continents
My old middle school:
There are 4 continents. Eurasia, America, Africa, Oceania
Anton: actually there are 8 continents!
Land... er, um, huh?... Ho!
@john maziasz TRAPPIST-1 d
Antarctica: am I a joke to you?
Oh cmon you know we are living in one continent called Pangea
Ur middle school rocks!
It should be called Sealandia.
Zea basically means sea. Its from the dutch zee, which means sea.
Already taken by a micro " country " that sits on an abandoned British fort!
@@suthinscientist9801 I've heard that Britain wants their fort back.
It's interesting how Zealandia sunk and meanwhile, Australia, right next to it, is completely dry
Atlantis
A little to dry
The best video so far about the 8th continent.
Cheers from New Zealand.
Best representations of the continent, were the drawn versions.
Greatest missing detail:
Average depth below the ocean.
Everyone: there are seven continents
Zealandia: allow me to introduce myself
I should have said:
Zealandia: i'm something of a continent myself
@gradeA justinA ohh ok
The whole world: there are 7 continents.
Anton: actually there are 8.
Everyone watching Anton: Yeah that’s what I said 👀
Nah, there's actually 7. If you count the submerged continent of New Zealandia, and discount Europe as its own thing, and lump it in as a part of Eurasia. Which I do, because Europe is not it's own continent, it's not even a subcontinent like India. It's just a big peninsula.
Technically 9 until India finally disappears completely under and into the Himalayas.
@Anirban Chakrabarti *great day
@@magisterrleth3129 Madagascar is on it's own plate too so there's 8
Wow. That was dam good vid. Extremely informative. Makes Really want to visit there now
Thank you for sharing this information.
This is old news but I still love your videos Anton.
I always sort of thought that by definition a continent had to have most of its landmass above water.
Nope.
@@Versuffe Then the entire planet is one giant continent, the one thing you learn from this channel is no one corrects themselves over and over again more than scientists.
@@wolfereignowns1154 Good point! Oh! let me correct that!
@@wolfereignowns1154 Continent is above water landmass of a certain minimum area - which is why Australia counts and Greenland doesn't. Trust idiots to try redefining something that's been accepted for a long, long time. Instead of calling it Zealandia, they should call it Zoolanderia. That would explain it better.
Paul Felix Greenland is technically a continent, it's just not its own. It's part of North America, like Canada has a tumor.
Thanks Anton, so eye awakening as I live in Australia and have been a visitor in NZ many times.
Great video! Nice to learn some new geography!
Continent learning songs: *ohno*
someone who likes moths yes very
asia🎶 africa 🎶north and south america🎶 zealandia 🎶australia 🎶antartica toooo
i forgot europe
@@Lolololomggggg eurasia, africa, the americas, zealandia, australia, and antarctica.
Perseverer One thats the one mate
Zealandia: most of our map is under water
GTA 5 Devs: Thats cute, bro...
Love the channel
Gotta keep the planets and continents equal. Thank you for an in depth summary. You kill it every time. Science, peotry in motion.
I come for the "wonderful person"
I stay for to get my brain learnt.
Just cause I'm stupid doesn't mean I'm not wonderful.
Ah yes, the sunken land of New Zealand! Homeland of the sniper from the popular game Team fortress 2.
What I was thinking lmao
Funny how eeirly accurate the world in that comic now is lmao
This week I learned of a eight continent and Denisova man. These were not known when I went to school 20 years ago. First a video on YT then a few hours of reading. The Internet is a great thing!
So glad I found this video, I'm a video game dev and I do alot of work with height maps, one day I was looking at a this part with out the ocean rendered and was just baffled as to what I'm looking at.
I think I was using tangram mapper?
Thank you 🙏🏾
I so badly want them to find sunken ancient cities down there. xD
From 20+ million years ago? Maybe that is where R'lyeh is.
@@HotPinkst17 Thing is, things on earth move a lot faster than most scientists give them credit for. In the infancy of modern science, there was a rivalry between religion and science. Science said the earth moved slow, christians that it was created instantly by god.
So many scientists still to this day refuse to believe that the earth can have spontaneous periods of rapid motion. We have seen this. We have seen a continent rise over 10 inches nearly instantly.
You have to realize, there is actually, LITERALLY, zero evidence that the continents perpetually move at a slow rate. That is a huge assumption that is never questioned. Just because we havnt seen it in the past couple hundred years, doesnt mean that continents can sink suddenly, near instantly, or rise out of the ocean, or move large distances suddenly.
Its literally only assumptions based out of the early politics of science vs theism with absolutely zero evidence to support that claim.
@@RealHankShill There is punctuated evolution in biology as well. It makes sense condition could change, there is strong evidence I've heard for Antarctica moving south relatively suddenly then slowing down again.
@@HotPinkst17 Anton straight up said that it could have been land during the interglacial periods which was the same period that "humans" crossed the land bridge by Alaska", so the real answer is we don't know yet whether or not it was above land...
@@RealHankShill
Parts of the land that was under the sea in Kaikoura did rise above sea level in an earthquake .
I loved the model. Thanks for teaching me.
Great down to earth video 👍!
Welcome to the family Zealandia
Always interesting, thank you.
For myself I think the word "continent" should be regarded as a useful but non-scientific term, like "fish". As should "planet".
If "continent" really must have some scientific rigor behind it my definition would be:
"A distinct region of non-oceanic crust associated with one or more grouped cratons."
This definition would fit reasonably well with the current consensus as to what the continents are, gives an indication of our understanding of their formation, and allows for future developments:
-Africa is currently one continent but if the rifting in East Africa continues it will become two separate continents as the Eastern part will have it's own craton(s)
-Europe, Asia, and India, get to be individual continents as while they are connected they are each distinct regions with their own separate craton groups
-If India keeps up with it's current travel it will stop being it's own continent when it's cratons join with those in Asia
-Greenland will become a continent as it has a craton of it's own
-Zealandia will *not* become a continent as while it is a distinct region of non-oceanic crust it has no craton
...but that's only if we must have a scientific definition. Fish is a perfectly useful word but it has no place in biological classification.
PS
India is very interesting as it has quite a few, smallish, cratons given it's size and is a relatively shallow continent. So much so that some of it's cratons seem to be eroding to the point where they may disappear completely - it' that happens they will be the fist known cratons in the history of our planet to do so and I'd say such a situation would deserve a new geological age... "dissolving" it's cratons would be another way for India to stop being a continent.
Continents are partly defined by the crust thickness rather than if it is above water.
I was pretty much waiting for someone to mention cratons and their relevance to continent definition. I agree totally. I think that naming this area of shallow ocean as a continent is being a bit premature...
@@jackrasmussen5222 every continent has some crust thats underwater. so zealandia is just more continental shelf than land mass. im team zealandia. but a continent has to be almost entirely surrounded by water, otherwise its just a tectonic plate if borrdered by other landcovered plates,
This is the first time I've heard of Zealandia! This is fascinating stuff!
agree
UNCLOS - UN Convention on the Law of the Sea - for the last decade or so, every country with coastlines has been doing a lot of marine geology to determine the extent of their continental shelf and slope to determine where the economic exploitation zones will be. In Canada, the Geological Survey of Canada has been doing a lot of this in the Arctic - studying the Lomonosov Ridge, Alpha Ridge, Mendeleev Ridge, the High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP), etc. It's going to be quite something to work out the situation in the Arctic with so many countries bordering on the Arctic Ocean.
Is it really a continent if it's underwater though?
I quite often fancy a nice glass of Coca-Cola when I watch Anton's videos 🤔
Coca-Cola's a Hell of a drug.
Coke commercials are so gay that I cant drink it. Also whenever I shoot up cocaine, I lose 10 pounds of hydration in less than 24 hours and dose like every 30 min.
Well this was something I really didn't expect we would find!
Mr. Petrov, please create some content about the theory of consciousness of Roger Penrose. Thanks for the video!
Can't wait to meet the people there ^__^
Oh. Well I've never met someone from New Zealand either. I heard you have birds that eat rubber.
That would be the Kea. One tough parrot with an attitude and a taste for eating cars
They don't actually eat the rubber, Kea's are tough little bastards who will strip anything of a car that is loose, or can be loosened. There was an advert a few years ago when an insurance company parked a car, and filmed Kea's over a few days pulling everything they could off it.
Almost correct. Some birds wear gum boots 😂🤣 but they're rare and only seen in rural areas.
Red Bat Racing
Kea will destroy anything for entertainment. This is why you never leave your boots or anything else outside your tent when hiking (tramping) in the mountains here. It would suck to discover that you have no gear in the morning.
the largest eagle in recorded history lived in New Zealand and its main prey was a 10ft giant bird called the Moa. The Moa got hunted to extinction by Maori which also caused the extinction of the eagle as that was its main food source. happened 600 years ago
‘Continent under the ocean’ First thought that came to mind was “holy shit we finally found Atlantis”
Maybe we did. Until its truly explored, whos to say. Atlantis couldnt have been as powerful as some tiny place we could lose on the map. If anything on earth is powerful its because if the energy in and around it. Alot of people=alot if energy=alot of power. I wish I had gone into oceanography or become a marien biologist like I originally planned. But if course all i could think of was being eaten by sharks, or a giant squid, or even swallowed on accident by a whale. Thanks hollywood.
Considering the location of Zeelandia, its more likely we discovered R'lyeh. Figures, it is 2020...
ironhead2008 oh god no
@@lovelyscorp79 It's funnier to think Atlantis was populated by people who had collective psychosis and thought they could live underwater, so they manipulated their tectonic plates, sank their continent, and then died.
Robert Coughlin yeah it was a stupid first thought that popped in my head. I’ve also heard theories that Atlantis used to be in the center of the Richat Structure and was racked by earthquakes but so far seems to really be pseudoscience.
3:10 What a marvellous picture :)
That’s weird
I was just talking about this with a mate a few hours ago :)
Thanks Anton!
It’s a glitch in the programming , it’s a memory leak
Being underwater already disqualifies something from being terra continens (continous land).
I think the original derivation of the word "continent" has little relation to it's current scientific definition.
At some point the criteria were changed, I'm guessing when we learned about the role of plate tectonics?
It's a bit outdated to stick with the continuous land definition when we know that a tectonic plate is a tectonic plate, whether it gets higher than sea level or not :)
@@GiordanoBruno42 So Arabia and the Caribbean are continents and Zealandia is still not a continent because it is split between the Australian and Pacific plates? Yeah, sorry, that is also bullshit.
True.
Yea we definitely need to update our current definition since we are learning sooooo much more about our planet since then
@@yaldabaoth2 Going by continous land we get to the point where Europe and Asia are the same continent, if we decide to ignore man-made bodies of water, Africa and Eurasia are a single one, the same with the Americas.
By itself, the name Zealandia make the name "New Sea Land" even more meaningful
I prefer the native name that translates to land of the long white cloud
They stole that name from the Dutch: we already have Zeeland. I'm sure you can figure out the translation ;)
@@HavocLoods Screw you guys, us in Denmark have already created Zealand that you guys and New Zealand stole from us!
@@SOGNAMETAL Geopolitical wars, eh?
Anton, you are a wonderful person.
Anton what software do u use with planets and stars?
Would really want to try it.
New Caledonia is a French territory, it is technically France.
Guess who’s sponsoring the research...
"In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming" (H. P. Lovecraft)
yeah, lets NOT go exploring there, mr James Cameron. ok?
Problem with that is Lovecraft's coordinates for R'lyeh are ever so slightly closer to South America
I was watching a lecture on dinosaurs of New Zealand ( there are very few) and part of it involved Zealandia. They mentioned an island where they found a lot of fossils 10s of thousands of years above the K-T boundary
thank you for the video
Cant afford this expansion pack :(
Hello wonderful haircut
@Anton Petrov, wasn't there another continental shelf found off the coast of Brazil?
Loved this video so much since I’m from New Zealand
The fact that it isn't technicially 'land' should disqualify it as being a continent.
I agree. Zealandia is a continental shelf, not the actual continent. But then the scientists will argue, there is land. It is just under water. Do not get me started on what was done to Pluto.
it consists of continental crust which is a crucial part.
Being above water has little to do of being a continent. It just happens that continents are above sea level.
But New Zealand is still isolated from Australia, much like North America is isolated from South America. Therefore separate continents.
Zealander: A Model Continent.
Fascinating!
New Zealands Exclusive Economic Zone is already one of the biggest at some four million square kilometres. The sparse arcilpeligo with many isolated distributed islands all around the main islands has circles of territory toward antarctica beyond the international date line and to the north.
Does that make us incontinent?
Only if you are a Kiwi!
damn i love being from new zealand
i havent seen a video of yours in years
you still mess with universe sandbox
I am now reminded of the Team Fortress 2 comics were New Zealand is a mysterious super advanced country that sunk themselves underneath the sea.
Pluto is not a planet 😥 It is you’ll see.....
...goes to his room...
Where are all those planet channels?
*Sin of Pride Lionel has left the chat*
Pluto is still a planet, if we omit dwrf from the alphabet. And even if we keep the letters, it still says planet. Not a dwarf comet, dwarf star, but planet. Or, in even other words, earth is still a planet even if we call it the blue planet. Think of it like planet beeing the "family" name. Feeling better now?
Pluto was demoted after the definition of what constitutes a planet was refined. This Zealandia theory fails because the definition of what constitutes a continent has not been refined.
We have 9 continents: the super secret stealth space lizard land of Atlantis in the middle of the Pacific! Wake up, hairy bacons! /s
As a bacon who waxes often, I take offense on the 'hairy' part of your slur, sir! 😁
@@gabilurio4270 Isn't that like a chicken plucking it's own feathers to make it easier for the farmer to consume?
Did you just assume my meat type?
@@ephemeralvapor8064 , if the chicken wants to pluck her own feathers, just like if she wants to cross the road, it's her prerogative! And it is her responsibility to deal with the consequences, regardless of what they are.
Bacon hair ?
I know most call NZ small but you might like to look at the map which has NZ superimposed over Europe... I was first reading about the possibility of this a year or two ago, so it is good to see they have continued the studies. Another great video Anton, Thank you for sharing :)
I wonder, when the earth consisted of a single continent and a VAST ocean, whether the planet's wobble was more pronounced because uneven land mass distribution...
Excellent video!
Old news, well established.
But now it is official. It has been known for a few years now, but I don't think it was official until recently.
I'm old enough to remember (sort of) that! I also remember when I used to Enjoy Coke. Now it's too expensive.
you need to find a new dealer.
It's not even worth the money because its effects ware off very quickly, try smoking crack.
@@carl9022 Too old now, tried crack once, hated it. I do smoke pot from time to time. I live in CA.
This is the kind of discovery I live for!
Whoop whoop cheers Anton, love from zealandia😊
“Theres alot of gas and Oil in Zealandia”
America: Did someone say establishing a new Continental force to free the Kiwis from there oil?
Edit: Ok Internet geopolitical experts its a damn joke call down
probably
Lets bring that land out of water
The oil won’t show it self to us
Kaimanawa wall will also rewrite text books
Sounds smart..
More likely China would get the oil and gas
"Claimed!" - China
xD
Hi from New Zealand, Talk of it after the 2016 Kaikoura town had a 7.8 earthquake , it lifted the ocean floor and reshaped our coastline exposing the continent more.
Thank you for reading my comment and making the what da math louder
As I had said and where I have said it would be. It was once also apart of the Himalayan Mountains. About 75,000 years ago Mt Toba to the southern tip, which is Indonesia now, erupted and the magma chamber beneath collapsed causing the sinking of the continent and this caused the ring of fire volcano chain to erupt for 150 days straight.
Your name.
Atlantis wasn't a continent. Plato never claimed that it was. It was an island or group of islands in the middle of the Atlantic, inhabited by an advanced culture.
Thank you, I've found the one intelligent person in the comments.
Atlantic ocean or the disk shaped area in western africa?
LOL
Ya gotta love the auto text lead-in to this video:
"Hello 1/4 person..."
this is crazy Anton.