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Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 56, No. 2 (2011), pp. 611-626 (16 pages) Chlorophyll concentration, phytoplankton biomass, and total and nitrate-fueled primary productivity increase toward the coast ...
Valentin A. Koshkin, Delimitation of the Continental Shelf in the Central Arctic Ocean, Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol. 13 (2022), pp. 393-406 ...
Norway is moving forward with plans to mine its continental shelf to procure minerals critical for renewable energy technologies. However, some scientists, members of civil society and even ...
The continental shelf is the shallow, sloping stretch of seabed that surrounds each continent. It might not look dramatic on a map, but it covers vast areas of former dry land.
The U.S. ECS Project identified more than 380,000 square miles of continental shelf that qualifies as ECS—an area more than twice the size of California. The U.S. ECS is located in seven ...
Richness, growth, and persistence of life under an Antarctic ice shelf. Current Biology, 2021; 31 (24): R1566 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.015 ...
The US continental shelf contains 50 hard minerals, including lithium and tellurium, and 16 rare earth elements, James Kraska, chair and professor of International Maritime Law at the US Naval War ...