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As Arctic ice melts, full steam ahead for shipping
2013-03-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: There will certainly be more negative than positive effects from climate change. But shipping routes across the Arctic Ocean -- which have been ice-covered and impassable since humans invented ships millenniums ago -- could be open for the first time by midcentury because of climate change, a study suggests. This includes shipping directly across the North Pole and through the famed Northwest Passage, a sea route from Newfoundland toward the Bering Strait, neither of which has ever been done....
Arctic needs protection from resource rush as ice melts: U.N. body
2013-02-18 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said. The UNEP Year Book 2013 was released on Monday to accompany the opening of talks in Nairobi attended by environment ministers or senior officials from around 150 nations, aimed at making the world economy greener at a time of weak economic growth. "What we are seeing is that the melting of ice is prompting...
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As the Arctic melts who has the most formidable ice-going naval fleet?
2013-01-03 05:00:00| Naval Technology
As Arctic Sea-ice levels continue to diminish, the increasingly ice-free waters offer the promise of new trade routes and previously untapped mineral wealth. They may also be about to define new roles for some of the world's navies. Dr Gareth Evans r
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