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It took scientists 375 years to discover the eighth continent of the world, which had been hiding in plain sight all along. But mysteries about the land mass still remain.

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By Rupert Sutherland and Laia Alegret for The Conversation, We think of trees and soil as carbon sinks, but the world’s oceans hold far larger carbon stocks and are more effective at storing carbon permanently. In new research published today, we investigate the long-term rate of permanent carbon removal by seashells of plankton in the ocean near New Zealand.

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Comment - We think of trees and soil as carbon sinks, but the world's oceans hold far larger carbon stocks and are more effective at storing carbon permanently.

GSA Today Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Continent Cover Image 2 GNS Science, P.O. Box 30368, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand 3 SGEES, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand 4 Service Géologique de Nouvelle Calédonie, B.P. 465, Nouméa 98845, New Caledonia 5 School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia Abstract A 4.9 Mkm 2 region of the southwest Pacific Ocean is made up of continental crust. The region has elevated bathymetry relative to s...