Continental Shelf
The continental shelf is a gently sloping and relatively flat extension of a continent that is covered by the oceans. Seaward, the shelf ends abruptly at the shelf break, the boundar...
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It has been a while since anyone could say the sun never sets on the British Empire. But Britain is again trying to extend its reach — this time to potentially lucrative seabeds in the Antarc...
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A U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker is headed to the Arctic to map the sea floor off Alaska, as Russia, Denmark and Canada assert their claims in the polar region, which has potential oil and gas reserve...
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MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Russia will file a claim to the
gigantic mineral wealth of the Arctic seabed with the United
Nations by the end of the year, Russia's natural resources
minister said on ...
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A U.S. Senate panel gave the go-ahead Wednesday to the
ratification of a global treaty on ocean shipping and deep-sea mining
that has long faced stiff opposition in Congress due to concerns
...
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Scientists taking a new look at old videotapes of the muddy seafloors off southern Oregon found that places showing tracks from the nets of fishing trawlers had fewer numbers and kinds of fish than...
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Oslo (dpa) - Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil on Monday
reported an increase in third-quarter pre-tax profits which it
attributed partly to currency gains.
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Oslo (dpa) - Norway has to prepare for a shift from being a major
oil producer as production is no longer growing, Petroleum and Energy
Minister Aslaug Haga said Monday.
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Japan has begun considering the possibility of proposing to
China that the two nations specify areas in the East China Sea where
they should jointly produce natural gas after first confirming...
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The Reagan-era "Law of the Sea" treaty was primed for its first-ever Senate vote, boosted by strong support from the Bush administration and an emphatic vote of approval Wednesday by the Foreign Re...
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Continental Shelf
Britain joins race to grab seabeds
