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Tristan da Cunha: The most remote inhabited island on Earth, forged from a supercontinent breakup

Tristan da Cunha is a group of islands in the South Atlantic that formed from the breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana. Today, it's home to a tiny and extremely isolated farming community.

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They are relics of the Gondwana age but five years after Australia’s black summer these trees are dying a ‘long, slow death’

Rainforest trees at Nightcap national park have not evolved to deal with bushfires, leaving the landscape vulnerable for years after major burns

The Guardian - AU

Matching Dinosaur Footprints Found On Opposite Sides Of World

Discovery of matching dinosaur footprints in Brazil and Cameroon reveals ancient connection due to Gondwana breakup, shedding light on prehistoric life.

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Idiotfruit and tree kangaroos: here’s why the ancient rainforests of Queensland’s Wet Tropics are so distinctive

In Queensland’s northern reaches lie the Wet Tropics, spanning about 450 kilometres between Townsville and Cooktown. These mountainous rainforests are a relic of the ancient continent of Gondwana, dating back million of years when Australia and parts of Antarctica were covered in rainforest.

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Rainforest of super trees descended from lost supercontinent Gondwana being created in Australia

Project seeks to protect ancient tree lineages that have survived from a time before Earth’s continents broke apart.

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Australian amber has revealed ‘living fossils’ traced back to Gondwana 42 million years ago

Amber is fossilised tree resin. Unlike traditional fossils found on land or in the sea, amber can preserve ancient life forms in incredible detail. It’s often considered the “holy grail” of palaeontology worldwide.

The Conversation

Geoscientists uncover hidden continent Zealandia, once part of supercontinent Gondwana

Discover Zealandia, a continent that remained hidden for centuries. Learn about its history, geological origin, and why it took so long to uncover its exis...

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Columbia, Rodinia and Pangaea: A history of Earth's supercontinents

Scientists have identified three definitive supercontinents in Earth's history and predict the landmasses we live on today will come together again in the future.

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When did Australia become a continent?

After the supercontinent Panagea broke up around 200 million years ago, how long did it take for Australia to emerge as its own continent?

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120 million-year-old birds tracks near South Pole are the oldest ever discovered in the Southern Hemisphere

Fossilized bird tracks discovered in Australia show these ancient creatures lived in the southern polar regions on the supercontinent of Gondwana.

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Revelations about ancient diamonds give clues about Earth’s origins

A team of experts sought to use the diamonds to understand how the earliest continents formed

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Why are there hopping mice in Australia but no kangaroos in Asia? It's a long story

The animals in Australia are super-different to those in Asia. This goes without saying; we know Australia is full of weird and wonderful creatures found nowhere else on Earth, such as the platypus and the koala.

The Conversation

Water mining near Queensland’s Gondwana rainforest ‘unacceptably risky’, opponents say

Court will hear appeal over plan to extract 16m litres of water from a site less than a kilometre from Springbrook national park

The Guardian - AU

Record dry spell threatening Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area

Unusually dry weather is leaving the state's Wilderness World Heritage Area sensitive to fire. It's a prospect that threatens a living fossil that traces its history to the ancient super-continent Gondwana.

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Dorrigo National Park investment to rival 'the Daintree' with $56 million Gondwana-era walk

A four-day walking track featuring three suspension bridges over World Heritage-listed New South Wales rainforest is set to put Dorrigo firmly on the global tourism map.

The Conversation

A new method of extracting ancient DNA from tiny bones reveals the hidden evolutionary history of New Zealand geckos

Aoteaora New Zealand has experienced a dynamic geological and climatic history. There was the separation from the southern super-continent Gondwana, the near drowning during the Oligocene some 27-22 million years ago, and the dramatic changes wrought by ice ages during the Pleistocene which started 2.6 million years ago.

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Pangaea: Discover facts about Earth's ancient supercontinent

Pangaea is Earth's most recent supercontinent, which existed 320 million to 195 million years ago.

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