Scientist claim they just found a new continent

Question

The claim seems about true, they are saying that the international Ocean Discovery Program, researchers on board dug 1,000 meters into the ocean floor off the South Island of New Zealand in January 2025. In order to investigate the subduction zone dynamics, they focused on the northern edge of Zealandia. The majority of the continent was submerged by tectonic processes, as demonstrated by the volcanic ash layers and fault structures found in core samples taken from the drill site 25 million years ago.

Answer 1

The continent referenced in the claim is referring to Zealandia an underwater in the Pacific Ocean. It is thought to have broken away from the continent of Australia and sunk below sea level and is primarily submerged with high points in the form of New Zealand and New Caledonia. NBC a credible news company covered this in 2017 making the information in the article a bit dated. However provided valuable information that make it probable to to deep this claim misleading. The article describes a scientific recognition and essentially a reclassification of a already known and discovered region. In sum, describing Zealandia as a new discovery is a misleading title because the land mass was not newly found but it was determined that the land mass met the criteria to be deemed a contient. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/scientists-say-they-ve-discovered-hidden-continent-under-new-zealand-n722796