the-future-now: Scientists find a lost continent underneath the island of Mauritius Scientists have
the-future-now: Scientists find a lost continent underneath the island of Mauritius Scientists have long theorized that about 200 million years ago, a giant stretch of land connected what are now India and Madagascar to form an ancient supercontinent called Gondwana. In a new paper, geoscientists finally concluded that not only was the supercontinent real, fragments of it still exist — sunken leagues beneath the tiny isle of Mauritius. “Our findings confirm the existence of continental crust beneath Mauritius,” the paper says. Researchers were first tipped off to the continental crust’s presence because of a strange feature that’s unique to Mauritius: The pull of gravity is particularly strong on the island. Read more follow @the-future-now -- source link