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Reaching an Arctic accord
2013-04-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The central Arctic Ocean has been covered in ice for eons, but under the influence of global warming, nearly half of it is now open water for part of the year. Commercial fishing has not yet begun there, but the urge to begin fishing is almost overwhelming. The waters of the central Arctic, an area the size of the Mediterranean, hold the last untouched fishing stocks on this planet. At present, they also lie beyond the boundaries of settled international law more than a million square miles outside...
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