Sunday, October 04, 2009

Climate Change and the Arctic: Ice Breaking


The latest scientific surveys of the Arctic Ocean showthat local sea ice is continuing to retreat, confirming the worst fears of environmentalists and delegates to the Copenhagen summit on global warming. But what of hopes that climate change in the region may have a silver lining by opening-up new commercial sea routes that would stretch along the northern coasts of Canada and Russia, linking east and west?

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