Modern Day Event 8th Continent Discovered

[NEGAN]

Don't know if this is the right place but here goes,

http://boredrex.com/2017/02/28/the-...ered-recently-might-change-the-world-economy/

 

[Werewolf]

Here's a topographic map of Zealandia. A large portion is submerged by less than 1km:

 

[deklares]

Immediately thought of Lemuria or "Mu" when I first heard about this discovery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(lost_continent)

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Given there is no widely accepted definition of "continent"; or perhaps more accurately, multiple loose definitions; and the term has been around since the 1920s but largely ignored, declaring it an 8th continent is probably premature.
They seem to have added to knowledge of the area, in a way that makes recognition as a continent more likely - and some already referred to it as a microcontinent

 

[darthbards]

Don't know if this is the right place but here goes,

http://boredrex.com/2017/02/28/the-...ered-recently-might-change-the-world-economy/

Lol,and the religion of fraudulent & institutionalised science try to tell us they are finding planets in Goldilocks zones and possible life on moons thousands of light years away but their still discovering continents right under our very own feet and oceans.

 

[Santoz]

Don't know if this is the right place but here goes,

http://boredrex.com/2017/02/28/the-...ered-recently-might-change-the-world-economy/

Link contains pictures of globe shaped earth.

Fake news.

 

[ioppolo]

A continent has to be above sea level, no?

It's basically all submerged, nothing to see here.

 

[Present Not Past]

A continent has to be above sea level, no?

It's basically all submerged, nothing to see here.

It definitely has to be land, not seafloor, to be called a continent.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

It definitely has to be land, not seafloor, to be called a continent.

I'd always thought so, but according to some definitions no. Provided the "land" is far enough above the surrounding area, apparently it can be called a continent, by at least one of the competing definitions. A continent is not just a "big island".
The problem is, there is no standard definition of continent. (Similar to "planet" only having been defined by astronomers a few years back when Pluto got relegated.)

 

[Wallaby]

Mike Brown wrote the book on whether Pluto was a planet or not - basically, he said there was no accepted definition of a planet, but 'We know what the 9 planets are'.

Similar for continents - there is no actual agreed scientific definition, but we know there are several large landmasses which we all agree are continents. Now, we just have to formalise that definition, and decide if Zealandia, or Madagascar, or parts of Indonesia fit that description. Eg - why are Europe/Asia described as separate continents? It's just one landmass.

 

[ioppolo]

Mike Brown wrote the book on whether Pluto was a planet or not - basically, he said there was no accepted definition of a planet, but 'We know what the 9 planets are'.

Similar for continents - there is no actual agreed scientific definition, but we know there are several large landmasses which we all agree are continents. Now, we just have to formalise that definition, and decide if Zealandia, or Madagascar, or parts of Indonesia fit that description. Eg - why are Europe/Asia described as separate continents? It's just one landmass.

Racial differences I suppose. North and South America and technically one landmass but with obvious racial differences.

 

[AFLOnline]

Racial differences I suppose. North and South America and technically one landmass but with obvious racial differences.

What about Russia, Egypt and Turkey?

 

[ioppolo]

What about Russia, Egypt and Turkey?

Russia is predominantly white with some of that central asian/Mongolian look thrown in around the Siberia region.

Egypt and Turkey are essentially middle eastern. Although a lot of gulf nations hate each other. So it's a lot more complex than just dividing continents by race I guess.

 

[radiojake]

surely Egypt is just straight African