A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.
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Our expedition drilled into the recently discovered underwater continent of Zealandia, revealing a new picture of the violent geological forces that created it.
We have better maps of the moon than Earth’s newest continent, Zealandia. That’s about to change as an international expedition probes the vast undersea plateau of continental crust.
Scientists are about to embark on a two month mission to find out how Australia and its reefs coped with climate change in the past, and therefore how it should cope with any future change.
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Professor of tectonics and geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Toyama
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Professor of Geology, Colorado College
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Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University