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The United States has just increased its area by 1 million square kilometers.
Just a few weeks ago, the United States grew by 1 million square kilometers (more than 386,000 square miles).
Continental Shelf
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Articles about Continental Shelf
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Archeology
Excavating strange creatures 500 million years old
The fossil creature shaped like a cigar, lived 520 million years ago was discovered by paleontologist Andrew Smith of the Natural History Museum and colleagues in the se…
Environment
Antarctica was once warm
In the warm period 52 million years ago, tropical plants were like palm trees, each covering the Antarctic coast. The sediment on the continental shelf near Antarctica h…