A team from Durham University compiled the outline of potential hotspots by basing the design on historical and ongoing arguments over ownership.
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Arctic Map shows dispute hotspots
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Thaw of polar regions may need new U.N. laws
ReplyDeleteA new set of United Nations laws may be needed to regulate new Arctic industries such as shipping and oil exploration as climate change melts the ice around the North Pole, legal experts said on Sunday.
Global Warming Triggers an International Race for the Arctic
ReplyDelete"A new epoch is beginning at the top of the Earth, where the historic melting of the vast Arctic ice cap is opening a forbidding, beautiful, and neglected swath of the planet. Already, there is talk that potentially huge oil and natural gas deposits lie under the Arctic waters, rendered more accessible by the shrinking of ice cover. Valuable minerals, too. Sea lanes over the top of the world will dramatically cut shipping times and costs. Fisheries and tourism will shift northward. In short, the frozen, fragile north will never be the same."