Nangona umbono wase-Zealandia wawukhe wakho kangangexesha elithile kwakungekho kude kube ngo-2017 apho iqela lezenzululwazi laye lagrumba kwindawo engezantsi kolwandle ukumisela ubunyani bayo. Abasebenzi baqokelela i-8,000 yeenyawo ze-sediment cores ukuze bafumane okungakumbi malunga nale ndawo, imbali yayo, kwaye ukuba ngenene kuya kufuneka ngenye imini ithathwe njengelizwekazi lesibhozo lomhlaba. Ngelo xesha, u-Gerald Dickens we-Rice University uxelele UmhlabaSky Iqela lifumene okungaphezulu kunoko belilindele, kubandakanya nezinto ezintsha ezifumanekayo kufosili, ezingqina ukuba le ndawo yayikhe yangaphezulu komhlaba.

Ngaphezulu kweesampulu ezingama-8,000 eziye zafundwa, kwaye kwafunyanwa iintlobo ngeentlobo zeefosili, watsho. Ukufunyanwa koonokrwece abancinci bezinto eziphilayo ababehlala kulwandle olushushu olunzulu, kunye ne-spores kunye ne-pollen kwizityalo zomhlaba, kutyhila ukuba iJografi kunye nemozulu ye-Zealandia zazahluke kakhulu ngaphambili.

Ngoku, enkosi kwimephu entsha yokunxibelelana, abantu kwihlabathi liphela banokuzihlolela i-Zealandia.

Ezi mephu zingumlinganiso wobunzululwazi - kodwa zikwangaphezulu koko. Ziyindlela yokunxibelelana nomsebenzi wethu koogxa bethu, abachaphazelekayo, ootitshala, kunye noluntu, umbhali okhokelayo weemephu, utshilo uGqirha Nick Mortimer kwi ingxelo. Senze ezi mephu ukubonelela ngomfanekiso ochanekileyo, ogqityiweyo, kunye nokuhlaziywa kwe-geology yeNew Zealand kunye nomzantsi-ntshona wePacific indawo - engcono kunokuba sasinayo ngaphambili.

Sebenzisa le webhusayithi, abasebenzisi banokusondeza kunye nokujikela kwimaphu ezahlukeneyo zewebhu ze-geoscience zommandla kwaye bavelise neemephu zabo zesiko. Qhubeka ke, jonga indawo entsha yehlabathi kwaye uqale ukuphupha xa ungandwendwela abazala bayo abangasentla, iNew Zealand neAustralia, kwakhona.