continental shelf

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have conducted the first assessment of marine heatwaves along North America's continental shelves.

From Reuters

“Everybody should be playing by the same rules when it comes to the outer continental shelf,” he says.

From Science Magazine

After he reached the continental shelf off the California coast, Mr. Keller slipped through a hatch in the diving bell to plant Swiss and U.S. flags.

From Washington Post

For example, bottom trawlers fish by dragging nets along the seafloor and can operate only over continental shelves where the bottom is shallow enough for their gear to reach.

From Salon

The discovery in the Haltenbanken area was the largest find on the Norwegian continental shelf in 2021, estimated to contain 84 million barrels of oil equivalents, most of it natural gas, the ministry said.

From Reuters