{"id":13497,"date":"2026-09-19T12:58:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T07:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13497"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T11:18:46","slug":"key-facts-about-north-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-north-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"North Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>North Sea Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Denmark inaugurated a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for storing carbon dioxide under the seabed beneath an old oil-platform in the North Sea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About North Sea<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a shallow <\/span><b>northeastern arm of the Atlantic Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> nestled between the British Isles and northwestern Europe.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Borders and Connections<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is bordered by <\/span><b>Great Britain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (southwest and west), <\/span><b>Orkney and Shetland islands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (northwest), Norway (northeast), Denmark (east), Germany and the Netherlands (southeast), and Belgium and France (south).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It connects to the <\/span><b>Atlantic Ocean via the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-english-channel\/\" target=\"_blank\">English Channel<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the southwest and <\/span><b>the Baltic Sea in the east via the Kattegat and Skagerrak straits.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Major rivers that drain into the North Sea include the <\/span><b>Forth, Elbe, the Weser<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Ems, the Rhine and Meuse, the Scheldt, the Thames, and the Humber.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Economic Importance<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It contains significant reserves of <\/span><b>petroleum and natural gas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> beneath the seafloor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of Europe\u2019s most <\/span><b>productive fisheries.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>It is the major shipping zone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for trade among European countries and between Europe and the Middle East.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/denmark-inaugurates-co2-storage-facility-in-north-sea\/article71479679.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Sea is a shallow northeastern arm of the Atlantic Ocean nestled between the British Isles and northwestern Europe. 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