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Madrid protocol
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Bioenergy
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Selectron
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Drought
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Data link
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Parotic
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Phosphorylation
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Brönsted base
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Hoar frost
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Vitrification
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Heat pump
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Extension bus
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Nuclear reaction
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Fascias
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Anatomy
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Key exchange
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Ctenophore
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Callus
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Cryovolcanism
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Renaturation
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Dry ice
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Mauritian flying fox
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Beta blocker
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Polar mount
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Bypass
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Draconitic period
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End-of-life vehicles
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Neptune
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Osteoblast
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Nosocomial
Ice shelf
An ice shelf, or ice barrier, is a particular characteristic of the Antarctic. Ice shelves are also found in Greenland and Canada.
They are ice floes (frozen sea water) on which glaciers have formed by snow compaction. When they break, they form flat icebergs.
The edge of the Ross ice shelf in Antarctica. © Van Woert / Noaa Nesdis / Ora
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