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in Britain, which increased shipping and began sustained trade the diffusion of cultures and technologies from across or along the North Sea to Great Britain and Scandinavia and reliance by some prehistoric cultures on fishing, whaling, and seaborne trade on the North Sea. The Romans established organised ports in Britain, which increased shipping and began sustained trade and many Scandinavian tribes participated in raids and wars against the Romans and Roman coinage and manufacturing were important trade goods. When the Romans
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The climatic conditions on the North Sea coast have been claimed to be healthy. As early as the 19th century, travellers visited the North Sea coast for curative and restorative vacations. The sea air, temperature, wind, water, and sunshine are counted among the beneficial conditions that are said to
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Whaling was an important economic activity from the 9th until the 13th century for Flemish whalers. The medieval Flemish, Basque and Norwegian whalers who were replaced in the 16th century by Dutch, English, Danes, and Germans, took massive numbers of whales and dolphins and nearly depleted the right
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coastal ports exported domestic goods, dyes, linen, salt, metal goods and wine. The Scandinavian and Baltic areas shipped grain, fish, naval necessities, and timber. In turn, the North Sea countries imported high-grade cloths, spices, and fruits from the Mediterranean region. Commerce during this era
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were a series of underwater landslides, in which a piece of the Norwegian continental shelf slid into the Norwegian Sea. The immense landslips occurred between 8150 BCE and 6000 BCE, and caused a tsunami up to 20 metres (66 ft) high that swept through the North Sea, having the greatest effect on
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established country rights largely divided along the median line. The median line is defined as the line "every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of each State is measured". The ocean floor border between Germany, the
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in 43 CE, however, archaeological evidence reveals the diffusion of cultures and technologies from across or along the North Sea to Great Britain and Scandinavia and reliance by some prehistoric cultures on fishing, whaling, and seaborne trade on the North Sea. The Romans established organised ports
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The modern form of the dikes supplemented by overflow and lateral diversion channels, began to appear in the 17th and 18th centuries, built in the Netherlands. The North Sea Floods of 1953 and 1962 were the impetus for further raising of the dikes as well as the shortening of the coast line so as to
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at 4,800 MW, Norfolk Bank (7,200 MW), and Irish Sea (4,200 MW). At the end of June 2013 total European combined offshore wind energy capacity was 6,040 MW. The UK installed 513.5 MW of offshore wind power in the first half-year of 2013. The development of the offshore wind
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saw Dutch maritime power at its zenith. Important overseas colonies, a vast merchant marine, a large fishing fleet, powerful navy, and sophisticated financial markets made the Dutch the ascendant power in the North Sea, to be challenged by an ambitious England. This rivalry led to the first three
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from the northwest opening, and a lesser portion of warm current from the smaller opening at the English Channel. These tidal currents leave along the Norwegian coast. Surface and deep water currents may move in different directions. Low salinity surface coastal waters move offshore, and deeper,
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on ocean ecology and wildlife such as fish and migratory birds, however, these concerns were found to be negligible in a long-term study in Denmark released in 2006 and again in a UK government study in 2009. There are also concerns about reliability, and the rising costs of constructing and
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today consists of several levels. The dike slope reduces the energy of the incoming sea, so that the dike itself does not receive the full impact. Dikes that lie directly on the sea are especially reinforced. The dikes have, over the years, been repeatedly raised, sometimes up to 9 metres
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The Kelvin tide of the Atlantic Ocean is a semidiurnal wave that travels northward. Some of the energy from this wave travels through the English Channel into the North Sea. The wave continues to travel northward in the Atlantic Ocean, and once past the northern tip of Great Britain, the
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The North Sea is more than 970 kilometres (600 mi) long and 580 kilometres (360 mi) wide, with an area of 750,000 square kilometres (290,000 sq mi) and a volume of 54,000 cubic kilometres (13,000 cu mi). Around the edges of the North Sea are
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German
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Tiny St. Andrews has a huge reputation, known around the world as the birthplace and royal seat of golf. The chance to play on the world's oldest course – or at least take in the iconic view of its 18th hole – keeps the town perennially popular among golfing
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The North Sea has provided waterway access for commerce and conquest. Many areas have access to the North Sea because of its long coastline and the European rivers that empty it. There is little documentary evidence concerning the North Sea before the
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were once found along the southern shores of the North Sea, but became extinct over the second millennium. Walruses frequented the Orkney Islands through the mid-16th century, as both Sable Island and Orkney Islands lay within their normal range.
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The beaches and coastal waters of the North Sea are destinations for tourists. The English, Belgian, Dutch, German and Danish coasts are developed for tourism. The North Sea coast of the United Kingdom has tourist destinations with beach resorts and
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is to minimize the environmental impact associated with resource use by reducing fish discards, increasing the productivity of fisheries, stabilising markets of fisheries and fish processing, and supplying fish at reasonable prices for the consumer.
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Bradwell, Tom; Stoker, Martyn S.; Golledge, Nicholas R.; Wilson, Christian K.; Merritt, Jon W.; Long, David; Everest, Jeremy D.; Hestvik, Ole B.; Stevenson, Alan G.; Hubbard, Alun L.; Finlayson, Andrew G.; Mathers, Hannah E. (June 2008).
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Offshore wind energy in the North Sea Region: the state of affairs of offshore wind energy projects, national policies and economic, environmental and technological conditions in Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and the United
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ascended to the English throne. With unified leadership, commercial, military, and political power began to shift from Amsterdam to London. The British did not face a challenge to their dominance of the North Sea until the 20th century.
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must share routes on the North Sea. The Dover Strait alone sees more than 400 commercial vessels a day. Because of this volume, navigation in the North Sea can be difficult in high traffic zones, so ports have established elaborate
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maintaining offshore wind farms. Despite these, development of North Sea wind power is continuing, with plans for additional wind farms off the coasts of Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. There have also been proposals for a
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The North Sea is Europe's main fishery accounting for over 5% of international commercial fish caught. Fishing in the North Sea is concentrated in the southern part of the coastal waters. The main method of fishing is
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are all very common and are fished commercially. Due to the various depths of the North Sea trenches and differences in salinity, temperature, and water movement, some fish such as blue-mouth redfish and
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The North Sea located on the continental shelf has different waves from those in deep ocean water. The wave speeds are diminished and the wave amplitudes are increased. In the North Sea there are two
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each sought to gain command of the North Sea and access to the world's markets and resources. As Germany's only outlet to the ocean, the North Sea was strategically important through both world wars.
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The average temperature is 17 °C (63 °F) in the summer and 6 °C (43 °F) in the winter. The average temperatures have been trending higher since 1988, which has been attributed to
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also resided in the North Sea but were driven to extinction in the Atlantic in the 17th century Other species have dramatically declined in population, though they are still found.
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present as little surface area as possible to the punishment of the sea and the storms. Currently, 27% of the Netherlands is below sea level protected by dikes, dunes, and beach flats.
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Scheinin, Aviad P; Aviad, P.; Kerem, Dan (2011). "Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in the Mediterranean Sea: anomalous event or early sign of climate-driven distribution change?".
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Footnote 28. Strabo 7.1.3. The name North Sea – more properly 'Northern Ocean'. Septentrionalis Oceanus – probably came into use at this time; the earliest extant citation is Pliny,
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can be found along the coasts, at marine installations, and on islands. The very northern North Sea islands such as the Shetland Islands are occasionally home to a larger variety of
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Accords, which preserve the marine environment by preventing pollution from ships. Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands also have a trilateral agreement for the protection of the
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Due to the heavy human populations and high level of industrialization along its shores, the wildlife of the North Sea has suffered from pollution, overhunting, and overfishing.
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The North Atlantic grey whale (Escherichtius robustus): An historical outline based on Icelandic, Danish-Icelandic, English and Swedish sources dating from ca 1000 AD to 1792
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also saw action in the North Sea, though it was restricted more to aircraft reconnaissance and action by fighter/bomber aircraft, submarines and smaller vessels such as
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in the north. It is more than 970 kilometres (600 mi) long and 580 kilometres (360 mi) wide, covering 570,000 square kilometres (220,000 sq mi).
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from the rest of the world. The North Sea contains western Europe's largest oil and natural gas reserves and is one of the world's key non-OPEC producing regions.
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systems and a third incomplete amphidromic system. In the North Sea the average tide difference in wave amplitude is between zero and eight metres (26 ft).
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Moss, Joanne "Critical perspectives: North Sea offshore wind farms.: Oral histories, aesthetics and selected legal frameworks relating to the North Sea." (2021)
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Gupta, Sanjeev; Collier, Jenny S.; Palmer-Felgate, Andy; Potter, Graeme (2007). "Catastrophic flooding origin of shelf valley systems in the English Channel".
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In January 2018, The North Sea region contained 184 offshore rigs, which made it the region with the highest number of offshore rigs in the world at the time.
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Although the production costs are relatively high, the quality of the oil, the political stability of the region, and the proximity of important markets in
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names "Mare Germanicum" and "Oceanus Germanicus", and these persisted in use until the First World War. Other common names in use for long periods were the
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In the UK sector of the North Sea, the oil industry invested £14.4 billion in 2013 and was on track to spend £13 billion in 2014. Industry body
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The North Sea coasts are home to numerous canals and canal systems to facilitate traffic between and among rivers, artificial harbours, and the sea. The
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for dozens of bird species. Tens of millions of birds make use of the North Sea for breeding, feeding, or migratory stopovers every year. Populations of
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member-states. However, it gained significant economic importance in the 1960s as the states around the North Sea began full-scale exploitation of its
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used to coat huge tracts of ocean floor, but have been damaged by trawling and dredging have diminished its habitat and prevented its return. Invasive
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The North Sea is important for marine transport and its shipping lanes are among the busiest in the world. Major ports are located along its coasts:
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is among the first recorded earthquakes in the North Sea measuring between 5.6 and 5.9 on the Richter scale. This event caused extensive damage in
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and swampy land. In areas especially vulnerable to storm surges, people settled behind elevated levees and on natural areas of high ground such as
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activate the body's defences, improve circulation, strengthen the immune system, and have healing effects on the skin and the respiratory system.
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cities and outposts. Their internal conflict prevented effective cooperation and defence. As the League lost control of its maritime cities, new
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threaten, in particular, the coasts of the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Denmark and low-lying areas of eastern England particularly around
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industry in UK-controlled areas of the North Sea is traced to three phases: coastal, off-coastal and deep offshore in the period 2004 - 2021.
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averages between 34 and 35 grams per litre (129 and 132 g/US gal) of water. The salinity has the highest variability where there is
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reached Holland, although the waves had lost their destructive power. The largest earthquake ever recorded in the United Kingdom was the
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The fate of persistent organic pollutants in the North Sea multiple year model simulations of -HCH, -HCH and PCB 153Tatjana P Ilyina;
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has installed a wave testing system at Billia Croo on the Orkney mainland and a tidal power testing station on the nearby island of
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See Ziegler (1990) or Glennie (1998) for the development of the paleogeography around the North Sea area from the Jurassic onwards
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Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design: Volume 67 – Water and Wastewater Treatment: Protective Coating Systems to Zeolite
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coastlines respectively, whereas in the south, the coast consists mainly of sandy beaches, estuaries of long rivers and wide
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until that was breached by at least two catastrophic floods between 450,000 and 180,000 years ago. Since the start of the
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have made the North Sea an important oil-producing region. The largest single humanitarian catastrophe in the North Sea
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from 199 to 216 million years ago. This was the deepest dinosaur fossil ever found and the first find for Norway.
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linking seven countries around the North Sea. Windsurfing and sailing are popular sports because of the strong winds.
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and eastward along this parallel to the coast of Norway, the whole of Viking Bank is thus included in the North Sea.
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After the war, hundreds of thousands of tons of chemical weapons were disposed of by being dumped in the North Sea.
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The expansion of offshore wind farms has met with some resistance. Concerns have included shipping collisions and
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and the British Isles. This precursor of the current North Sea has grown and shrunk with the rise and fall of the
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Schulte-Peevers, Andrea; Sarah Johnstone; Etain O'Carroll; Jeanne Oliver; Tom Parkinson; Nicola Williams (2004).
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In addition to oil, gas, and fish, the states along the North Sea also take millions of cubic metres per year of
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Scully, Richard J. (2009). "'North Sea or German Ocean'? The Anglo-German Cartographic Freemasonry, 1842–1914".
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Fishing on common grounds: the consequences of unregulated fisheries of North Sea Herring in the postwar period
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Fishing boats, service boats for offshore industries, sport and pleasure craft, and merchant ships to and from
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sea level during geologic time. Sometimes it was connected with other shallow seas, such as the sea above the
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Netherlands, and Denmark was only reapportioned in 1969 after protracted negotiations and a judgment of the
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In 2006 a bone fragment was found while drilling for oil in the North Sea. Analysis indicated that it was a
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Mesolithic studies in the North Sea Basin and beyond: proceedings of a conference held at Newcastle in 2003
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in the British Isles. Since then, a shallow sea has almost continuously existed between the uplands of the
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telephonical advice by Mrs. Piechotta, head of department of hydrology, Nautic Administration for Bremen (
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Overview of geography, hydrography and climate of the North Sea (Chapter II of the Quality Status Report)
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reached its greatest extent, the North Sea became almost completely dry, the dry landmass being known as
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an international commission designed to protect and conserve the North-East Atlantic and its resources
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convention to counteract the harmful effects of human activity on wildlife in the North Sea, preserve
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Nienhuis, P.H. (2008). "Causes of the eelgrass wasting disease: Van der Werff's changing theories".
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Coastal Environments: An Introduction to the Physical, Ecological and Cultural Systems of Coastlines
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flooded several nations' coasts and cost more than 2,000 lives. 315 citizens of Hamburg died in the
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inflow, such as at the Rhine and Elbe estuaries, the Baltic Sea exit and along the coast of Norway.
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Peters, Karsten; Magnus Geduhn; Holger Schüttrumpf; Helmut Temmler (31 August – 5 September 2008).
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After the war, the North Sea lost much of its military significance because it is bordered only by
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The Continental Saxons from the Migration Period to the Tenth Century: An Ethnographic Perspective
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Torsvik, Trond H.; Daniel Carlos; Jon L. Mosar; Robin M. Cocks; Tarjei N. Malme (November 2004).
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whales. This activity likely led to the extinction of the Atlantic population of the once common
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all live in the North Sea. Recently non-indigenous species have become established including the
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Countries that border the North Sea all claim the 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) of
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Future Leasing for Offshore Wind Farms and Licensing for Offshore Oil & Gas and Gas Storage
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has spread along the shores of the sea clogging harbours and inlets and has become a nuisance.
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Rural history in the North Sea area: a state of the art (Middle Ages – beginning 20th century)
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Smith, H. D. (1992). "The British Isles and the Age of Exploration – A Maritime Perspective".
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put the decline down to rising costs, lower production, high tax rates, and less exploration.
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was triggered by the earthquake, which in turn caused a tsunami. The tsunami triggered by the
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Governing the North Sea in the Netherlands: Administering marine spaces: international issues
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The North Sea has featured prominently in geopolitical and military affairs, particularly in
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equivalent, "Frisian Sea". The modern names of the sea in the other local languages are:
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distinguished by valuable, low-sulphur oil. Commercial exploitation began in 1971 with
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were able to establish an effective blockade for most of the war, which restricted the
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Bridging troubled waters: Conflict and co-operation in the North Sea Region since 1550
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After the discovery of mineral resources in the North Sea during the early 1960s, the
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Ziegler, P. A. (1975). "Geologic Evolution of North Sea and Its Tectonic Framework".
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is renowned as the "Home of Golf", and is a popular location among golfing pilgrims.
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energy converter has been in operation at Nissum Bredning fjord of northern Denmark.
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Though rare, the North Sea has been the site of a number of historically documented
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Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
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Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
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have been commissioned in the North Sea (and elsewhere). As of 2013, the 630 
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Long-term Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into the European Energy System
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are plentiful in the North Sea. These tiny organisms are crucial elements of the
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higher than the prevailing flood levels. It was only around the beginning of the
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transnational cooperation programme under the European Regional Development Fund
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As early as 1859, oil was discovered in onshore areas around the North Sea and
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Knudsen, Daniel C.; Charles Greet; Michelle Metro-Roland; Anne Soper (2008).
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The European offshore wind industry -key trends and statistics 1st half 2013
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Bondevik, Stein; Sue Dawson; Alastair Dawson; Øystein Lohne (5 August 2003).
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of the Shetland Islands, across to Graveland Ness (60°39'N) in the Island of
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Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium
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Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age
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Artificial tide limit of river Weser, 4 km upstream of the city centre
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Offshore Pioneers: Brown & Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas
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Climate Development and History of the North Atlantic Realm: With 16 Tables
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since the 1990s. The North Sea is the home of one of the first large-scale
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The Jurassic-Cretaceous North Sea Rift Dome and associated Basin Evolution
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The End of the Line: How overfishing is changing the world and what we eat
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in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. These locations provide breeding
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German S-Boats in Action in the Second World War: In the Second World War
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Through the Pillars of Herakles: Greco-Roman Exploration of the Atlantic
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Wefer, Gerold; Wolfgang H. Berger; K. E. Behre; Eystein Jansen (2002) .
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seas like the current North Sea have since long existed on the European
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The North Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean receiving the majority of
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mainly entering via the north entrance exiting along the Norwegian coast
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with a mean depth of 90 metres (300 ft). The only exception is the
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was mainly conducted by maritime trade due to underdeveloped roadways.
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The New American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge
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Petroleum Geology of the North Sea: Basic Concepts and Recent Advances
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Ahnert. F.(2009): Einführung in die Geomorphologie. 4. Auflage. 393 S.
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is also notable as it was the cause of the first pipeline to span the
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emerged that provided Europe with Asian, American, and African goods.
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The eastern and western coasts of the North Sea are jagged, formed by
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Ingham, J. K.; John Christopher Wolverson Cope; P. F. Rawson (1999).
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Vannstand – Norwegian official maritime Information → English version
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Study finds offshore wind farms can co-exist with marine environment
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and caused a small tsunami that flooded parts of the British coast.
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A Comparative Study of Thirty City-state Cultures: An Investigation
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between 1652 and 1673, which ended with Dutch victories. After the
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is low and marshy. The east coast and south-east of the North Sea (
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The North Sea: Perspectives on Regional Environmental Co-operation
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The North Sea: Perspectives on Regional Environmental Co-operation
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is the largest offshore wind farm in the world, with the 504 (MW)
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through Westray, to Bow Head, across to Mull Head (North point of
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connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the
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Environmental Guidebook on the Enclosed Coastal Seas of the World
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Borderline of estuary delta and sedimentation delta of the Rhine
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The coast has diverse geology and geography. In the north, deep
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Large Marine Ecosystems: Stress, Mitigation, and Sustainability
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Tensions in the North Sea were again heightened in 1904 by the
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began the next great migration across the North Sea during the
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that formed the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean during the
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Sea-dumped Chemical Weapons: Aspects, Problems, and Solutions
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The main pattern to the flow of water in the North Sea is an
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Map all coordinates in "Geography of the North Sea" using
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Hall, C. Michael; Dieter K. Müller; Jarkko Saarinen (2008).
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when the sea began to flood the European continental shelf.
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Tucker, Spencer; Priscilla Mary Roberts (September 2005) .
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throughout history. One of the earliest recorded names was
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turns east and south and once again enters the North Sea.
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It hosts key north European shipping lanes and is a major
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The Oil Industry and Government Strategy in the North Sea
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field in the Netherlands continue to be exploited today.
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faced each other in the North Sea, which became the main
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pod was lost in the 1960s, presumably due to the peak in
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Old map: Manuscript chart of the North Sea, VOC, ca.1690
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Kaiser, Simone; Michael Fröhlingsdorf (20 August 2007).
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Piet, G. J.; van Hal, R.; Greenstreet, S. P. R. (2009).
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has left many fisheries unproductive, disturbing marine
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Offshore test drilling began in 1966 and then, in 1969,
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North of that amphidromic point, tidal rhythm irregular
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Whales and dolphins in the North Sea 'on the increase'
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The Walde Lighthouse is 6 km (4 mi) east of
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as early as 1910. Onshore resources, for example the
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supporting many species of fish. Over 230 species of
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empties into the North Sea, including water from the
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The common fisheries policy: origins and development
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Effects of Trawling and Dredging on Seafloor Habitat
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p. 94 shows the amphidromic points of the North Sea
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In the north it is bordered by the 11698: 10337:: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( 10216:Starkey, David J.; Morten Hahn-Pedersen (2005). 8630:About TOTAL E&P NORGE > History > Fina 7845:Ripley, George R; Charles Anderson Dana (1869). 5747:"Tide Times and Tide Chart for Esbjerg, Denmark" 4527:), and Leathercoat Point is at the north end of 3654:the second largest, followed by the 367 MW 2741: 2015:(Closure-dike) is a major dam in the Netherlands 1048:  moraines near the coast= light brown 865:defines the limits of the North Sea as follows: 787:For the most part, the sea lies on the European 61: 10327:. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. 9206:LTI-Research Group; LTI-Research Group (1998). 8823:"Number offshore rigs worldwide by region 2018" 7911: 7909: 7737: 7690: 7688: 7686: 7344:. 28 December 2000. 28 December 2000 L 332/81. 7189:. Species Info. 19 January 2008. Archived from 4729:. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 66–70. 4397:. 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P. (1993). 8739:. Investopedia ULC. 8687:. BBC. 6 July 1988. 7618:. BRILL. p. 2. 6355:10.1029/2003EO310001 6258:Lamb, H. H. (1988). 5464:gezeiten-kalender.de 5387:on 21 February 2014. 5174:6 March 2014 at the 5144:6 March 2014 at the 5054:12 June 2020 at the 5035:7 March 2014 at the 5024:12 June 2020 at the 5005:7 March 2014 at the 4994:12 June 2020 at the 4975:7 March 2014 at the 4956:7 March 2014 at the 4842:Pugh, D. T. (2004). 4599:Agence France-Presse 4550:51.16667°N 1.40000°E 4515:50.98500°N 1.91667°E 4438:(14). 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" 7140:on 17 December 2008 6690:2008ESRv...88..207B 6640:10.1038/nature06018 6632:2007Natur.448..342G 6578:2007Natur.448..259G 6346:2003EOSTr..84..289B 6239:on 26 November 2002 6185:on 17 December 2008 6111:on 12 December 2008 5690:on 23 February 2014 5630:on 17 February 2014 5500:on 17 February 2014 5470:on 22 February 2014 4762:Dyke, Phil (1974). 4672:on 31 December 2006 4546: /  4511: /  4196:on 17 December 2008 3815:, Europe's leading 3740:long-distance trail 3632:offshore wind farms 3530:In recent decades, 3513:Nordstrand, Germany 3454:Statfjord oil field 3214:on 25 January 1915. 3184:Glorious Revolution 2726:are found as well. 2097:barometric pressure 1498:Island in front of 1455:dune coast west of 1377:Dune coast west of 1109: 1032:(negative = before) 967: /  872:A line joining the 327:54,000 km (4.4 80: /  11086:Gulf of California 10983:Mozambique Channel 10627:Queen Victoria Sea 10489:Bellingshausen Sea 10082:General references 9958:"The Dover Strait" 9599:on 1 December 2008 9330:on 5 February 2009 8924:on 9 November 2008 8898:on 2 December 2008 8799:. 12 August 2014. 7717:10.1007/BF02665747 7312:"OSPAR Convention" 7161:Trichecodon huxlei 6996:10.1007/BF02334245 6831:on 5 February 2009 6077:on 5 February 2009 6013:on 1 February 2009 4702:on 9 December 2008 4442:on 1 December 2008 4121:on 9 December 2008 4088:on 14 January 2009 3953:Netherlands portal 3831: 3809:container seaports 3716: 3622:Due to the strong 3582: 3516: 3464:in the North Sea, 3390: 3325:territorial waters 3316: 3243:theatre of the war 3239:Kaiserliche Marine 3233:, Great Britain's 3224:Russo-Japanese War 3216: 3171: 2835:endangered species 2718:, macroalgal, and 2700: 2629: 2623:with her young in 2621:bottlenose dolphin 2608: 2543:in the UK and the 2407: 2405:in the Netherlands 2376:Fish and shellfish 2273:34 to 28 2082: 2053:Ammophila arenaria 2047:Coastal management 2017: 1981:Coastal management 1935: 1873:, southern end of 1210:Kingston upon Hull 1107: 1052: 1020: 655:and east coast of 370:Seatemperature.org 238:Schleswig-Holstein 11694: 11693: 11688:Oceans portal 11610:Mediterranean Sea 11489:Gulf of Venezuela 11317: 11316: 11296:Oceans portal 10845:Mediterranean Sea 10795:Gulf of Venezuela 10587:East Siberian Sea 10529:Riiser-Larsen Sea 10284:978-1-84217-224-7 10265:978-1-877339-65-3 10246:978-2-503-51005-7 10227:978-87-90982-30-0 10196:978-3-319-39745-0 10169:978-91-85196-62-3 10150:978-3-540-68163-2 10125:"North Sea"  10089:"North Sea Facts" 10000:978-1-85333-413-9 9968:on 31 August 2010 9846:978-1-74059-471-4 9801:978-0-7546-4943-4 9769:on 1 January 2016 9703:978-1-84541-093-3 9661:978-0-7923-2404-1 9219:978-3-7908-1104-9 9180:978-1-4259-3849-9 8954:978-0-09-189780-2 8865:978-0-87168-506-3 8670:978-0-8247-2618-8 8636:on 7 October 2006 8599:978-0-918714-02-2 8555:978-0-88415-138-8 8423:978-87-90907-55-6 8377:"Forth Ports PLC" 8350:978-0-85664-158-9 8306:978-0-7923-4090-4 8163:978-1-86189-202-7 8121:978-0-253-34742-8 8082:978-1-85109-420-2 8043:978-1-85728-498-0 8001:978-0-415-21478-0 7962:978-0-7658-0833-2 7887:978-0-300-11796-7 7583:978-90-04-12396-0 7542:978-0-674-37512-3 7415:978-0-415-37287-9 7318:on 8 January 2009 7193:on 4 January 2009 7041:978-0-309-08340-9 6963:on 1 January 2009 6776:Paleontology Blog 6534:978-0-521-60287-7 6495:978-0-632-03845-9 6145:978-1-86239-055-3 6044:on 2 January 2013 5922:978-3-540-43201-2 5812:on 10 August 2007 5751:tide-forecast.com 5654:tide-forecast.com 5594:tide-forecast.com 5564:tide-forecast.com 5433:tide-forecast.com 5403:tide-forecast.com 5351:tide-forecast.com 5321:tide-forecast.com 5291:tide-forecast.com 5261:surf-forecast.com 5222:tide-forecast.com 5192:tide-forecast.com 5102:tide-forecast.com 5072:tide-forecast.com 4855:978-0-521-53218-1 4815:978-0-12-161856-8 4775:978-1-86094-674-5 4736:978-1-85333-413-9 4639:978-90-5410-706-4 4555:51.16667; 1.40000 4520:50.98500; 1.91667 4474:on 8 October 2011 4309:978-0-89862-272-0 4228:978-0-632-04951-6 4153:978-0-632-05537-1 4026:978-0-85229-423-9 3811:, as well as the 3594:beach nourishment 3568:Mineral resources 3562:Northwest Passage 3462:natural gas field 3398:Ekofisk oil field 3267:submarine warfare 3263:Battle of Jutland 3173:The 17th century 3164:Four Days' Battle 3128:northern European 3057:1715 map showing 2641:harbour porpoises 2567:, and species of 2485:deep-water prawns 2275:million years ago 2211:continental shelf 2155:Scotland and the 1916: 1915: 1879:amphidromic point 1666:Große Weserbrücke 1234:Southern side of 1214:Northern side of 1130: 1124: 1120: 884:On the Northwest. 878:Leathercoat Point 870:On the Southwest. 789:continental shelf 538:industrialisation 465:continental shelf 379: 378: 11774: 11767:Triple junctions 11686: 11685: 11344: 11337: 11330: 11321: 11320: 11305: 11304: 11294: 11293: 11226:Endorheic basins 11106:Gulf of Thailand 10958:Gulf of Khambhat 10453: 10446: 10439: 10430: 10429: 10399: 10392: 10390: 10388: 10382: 10375: 10349: 10342: 10336: 10328: 10326: 10310: 10288: 10269: 10250: 10231: 10208: 10173: 10154: 10135: 10127: 10108: 10106: 10104: 10075: 10074: 10072: 10070: 10064: 10057: 10049: 10043: 10042: 10040: 10038: 10033:on 10 March 2009 10023: 10017: 10016: 10014: 10012: 9984: 9978: 9977: 9975: 9973: 9954: 9948: 9947: 9945: 9943: 9928: 9922: 9921: 9919: 9917: 9911: 9900: 9892: 9886: 9885: 9883: 9881: 9864: 9858: 9857: 9855: 9853: 9834: 9824: 9818: 9817: 9815: 9813: 9785: 9779: 9778: 9776: 9774: 9755: 9749: 9748: 9742: 9740: 9726: 9720: 9719: 9717: 9715: 9687: 9678: 9677: 9675: 9673: 9645: 9639: 9638: 9636: 9634: 9615: 9609: 9608: 9606: 9604: 9595:. 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