continental shelf

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Equinor has an ambition to maintain approximately the same production level in 2035 as in 2020, corresponding to around 1.2 million barrels of oil and gas a day from the Norwegian continental shelf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Outer coast transients, numbering about 210 animals, were most often found within 20 kilometers of the continental shelf break, particularly near submarine canyons.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

In 2004 one called A38 grounded on its continental shelf, leaving dead penguin chicks and seal pups on beaches as massive ice chunks blocked their access to feeding grounds.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

Not as many leatherbacks frequented this area, but the ones that were tracked displayed feeding-like behavior especially along the continental shelf ridge.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024

At such times the ridge came down, and the continental shelf, so to speak, stretched out, and the algae along the shore became so slack that I tended to catch my feet in it.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel