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Antarctic continental shelf survey could help predict sea-level rise
Motorway-sized troughs and channels carved into Antarctica's continental shelves by glaciers thousands of years ago could help scientists to predict future sea-level rise, according to a report in ...
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Continental drift: why the need for critical minerals might change the way we define Earth’s zones
New oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges ... It allows sovereignty of nations to be extended to near the base of the continental slope. The modern scientific definition of a continent ...
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N₂ production through denitrification and anammox across the continental margin (shelf–slope–rise) of the Ulleung Basin, East Sea
S. Mok, O. R. You, D. Kim, and D. K. Choi. 2010. Variations and controls of sulfate reduction in the continental slope and rise of the Ulleung Basin off the southeast Korean upwelling system in the ...
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Warm seawater encroaches on major Antarctic ice shelf, raising sea level concerns
The researchers suggest that scant ice cover alters ocean dynamics, causing warm water to rise and more readily surge onto the continental shelf. It is not clear whether the warmer flows of 2017 ...