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'Lost Continent' Rises Again With New Expedition (smithsonianmag.com)
Tens of millions of years after it disappeared under the waters of the Pacific Ocean, scientists have completed the first explorations of what some scientists are calling a hidden continent. From a report: During a two-month ocean voyage this summer, a team of more than 30 scientists from 12 countries explored the submerged landmass of Zealandia on an advanced research vessel and collected samples from the seabed. Scientists were able to drill into the ocean floor at depths of more than 4,000 feet, collecting more than 8,000 feet of sediment cores that provides a window into 70 million years of geologic history, reports Georgie Burgess for ABC News. More than 8,000 fossils from hundreds of species were also collected in the drilling, giving scientists a glimpse at terrestrial life that lived tens of millions of years ago in the area. "The discovery of microscopic shells of organisms that lived in warm shallow seas, and of spores and pollen from land plants, reveal that the geography and climate of Zealandia were dramatically different in the past," expedition leader Gerald Dickens said in a statement. While more than 90 percent of Zealandia is now submerged under more than a kilometer (two-thirds of a mile) of water, when it was above the surface, it likely provided a path that many land animals and plants could have used to spread across the South Pacific, notes Naaman Zhou of the Guardian.
If the expedition team encounters any antediluvian buildings that appear to be built based on a non-Euclidean geometry, resist the urge to open any doors. Just trust me on this.
You need to understand...
I blame cat parasites for his lack of understanding. Treat him with compassion, he has to live the rest of his life like that.
where's the fucking auto bans?
Germany?
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this is a re-discovery!
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
Everything is reversible given time, whether we are still alive after it reverses well thats an entirely different story. Perhaps that is the 'subtle' point you are missing.
So the Kivis think they can promote their tiny piece of land to a continent just by declaring it one? Whom they think they are, Europe?
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
We must spare no expense in finding out who is responsible for the loss of the continent, and take measures to garner salary and benefits to compensate for the loss.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
For me that's the beta interface, but the original interface can be turned back on so I'm good on that front but the original interface can also hide bad posts so that's good too. The fun thing is when I hear users say they don't see the beta interface anymore! The beta interface doesn't work when I turn on desktop site on mobipe Chrome and the login token is also completely broken.
No. That would be 'A Boy and His Dog'. Greatest movie ending of all time.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'