What is the last unexplored place on Earth?

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Of its eight miles of tunnels, the furthest from the surface (2,191 metres down) was discovered in 2007. It is no place for ordinary travellers.
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Is there any undiscovered place on Earth?

Several mountains in Himalayan country Bhutan are believed to be unconquered, namely the world's largest unclimbed mountain: Gangkhar Puensum. Unexplored areas around the world also include small islands, such as Pitcairn Island off of New Zealand, and Palmerston Island in the South Pacific.
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How much of the Earth is still undiscovered?

Most of our world is still shrouded in mystery

Unsurprisingly, we aren't. In fact, 65% of our planet remains unexplored, most of which lies beneath the oceans. Literally anything could be down there, and we wouldn't know.
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What is the most unexplored place on Earth?

And the craziest thing is, there are people there! We are talking about the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil – specifically an area known as Vale do Javari – and it is the number one most unexplored place in the world.
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Is the Amazon fully explored?

Just under 20% of the Amazon rainforest has been cleared since 1950.
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Is Antarctica unexplored?

As the world's last unexplored wilderness, Antarctica is shrouded in mystery, and as a land of extremes, it's also great at keeping its secrets. The harsh conditions, freezing temperatures and barren landscapes make Antarctica inhospitable to humans.
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Can humans go to the bottom of the ocean?

Only three people have ever done that, and one was a U.S. Navy submariner. In the Pacific Ocean, somewhere between Guam and the Philippines, lies the Marianas Trench, also known as the Mariana Trench. At 35,814 feet below sea level, its bottom is called the Challenger Deep — the deepest point known on Earth.
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Are there undiscovered animals?

Scientists now believe that 80-90 percent of species on Earth are still undiscovered, and they need to be identified and protected before they go extinct. Creatures that are smaller and inhabit limited areas are more likely to have been overlooked.
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How much land is untouched by humans?

Humans Have Altered 97 Percent of Earth's Land Through Habitat and Species Loss. A study published on April 15 in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change presents evidence that only about three percent of Earth's land ecosystems remain untouched by human activity.
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What on Earth is there left to explore?

Antarctica is not the largest continent on Earth - it's smaller than Asia, Africa, North America and South America - but it's one of the least explored.
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How much of the Earth has been explored 2021?

In other words, humans haven't yet explored or discovered about 65 percent of Earth's surface area. And considering the explorations that have occurred in space over the last decades – detailed imaging of the Moon, Mercury and Mars – it seems space exploration is moving at a faster speed than ocean exploration.
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What did the Earth look like 12 000 years ago?

"Even 12,000 years ago, most of Earth's land had been shaped by humans, including more than 95 percent of temperate lands and 90 percent of tropical woodlands." The shaping describes system level changes that have cascading ecological consequences, including negative outcomes such as the extinction of megafauna.
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Are there still wild humans?

The Awá are people living in the eastern Amazon rainforest. There are approximately 350 members, and 100 of them have no contact with the outside world. They are considered highly endangered because of conflicts with logging interests in their territory. The Kawahiva live in the north of Mato Grosso.
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Does wilderness still exist?

A century ago, wilderness extended over most of the planet. Today, only 23% of land – excluding Antarctica – and 13% of the ocean remains free from the harmful impacts of human activities. More than 70% of remaining wilderness is in just five countries: Australia, Russia, Canada, the United States (Alaska), and Brazil.
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Is there a dragon fish?

dragonfish, also called sea moth, any of about five species of small marine fishes comprising the family Pegasidae and the order Pegasiformes. Dragonfish are found in warm Indo-Pacific waters. They are small (to about 16 centimetres [6 1/2 inches] long), elongated fish encased in bony rings of armour.
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What has recently gone extinct?

The splendid poison frog (Oophaga speciosa) was declared extinct in 2020 and last recorded in 1992. 5 Researchers believe the chytrid fungus outbreak of 1996 in their home range of the western Cordillera Central in Panama, near Costa Rica, led to their extinction.
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What's the newest animal discovered?

Among the new discoveries is a primate, the Popa langur, named after an extinct volcano in Myanmar, a “stink bug” flower that is also used in a chili dipping sauce by the Isan people of northern Thailand, and the first succulent bamboo species, meaning its stems can inflate and deflate during the dry and wet seasons, ...
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What city is under water?

Dwarka, India

Also known as the Gateway to Heaven, the city of Dwarka was, reportedly, discovered in 1988, submerged around 100 ft below the Gulf of Cambay.
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At what depth will water crush you?

This means we'd have to dive to about 35.5 km depth before bone crushes. This is three times as deep as the deepest point in our ocean. The 40% of non-water non-gaseous minerals and tissues such as salts, proteins, fats and lipids are virtually impossible to compress similar to water.
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Is living underwater possible?

Yes, we can. Fabien Cousteau, son of the famous explorer Jacques Cousteau, managed to live 31 days in the undersea laboratory Aquarius, setting a new record for the longest time spent underwater for a film crew.
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Why Australia called Forgotten land?

It is known as forgotten land also. It is the only continent on Earth where human beings do not live permanently. Scientists and researchers come to this continent to explore as this is made up of 99%ice. It is within the Antarctic circle and temperatures are beyond the freezing point most of the year.
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Can you legally live in Antarctica?

The people who travel to or live in Antarctica fall into two main groups, those who live and work on scientific research stations or bases, and tourists. No-one lives in Antarctica indefinitely in the way that they do in the rest of the world. It has no commercial industries, no towns or cities, no permanent residents.
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Why is no one allowed to explore Antarctica?

Well, that is because visiting Antarctica is a privilege and a responsibility at the same time. The Antarctic Treaty includes a protocol on environmental protection, which designates the continent as a natural reserve. There is a set of rules any visitor has to follow.
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Will humans go extinct in 2050?

By 2050, human systems could reach a "point of no return" in which "the prospect of a largely uninhabitable Earth leads to the breakdown of nations and the international order."
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Will humans go extinct in 2100?

Metaculus users currently estimate a 3% probability of humanity going extinct before 2100.
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