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 04/18/12

The Race for the Arctic

While scientists and conservationists worry about the potentially dire consequences of global warming, politicians and businessmen are already battling over how to reap the economic benefits from the Arctic thaw.

As pointed out in this editorial:

  http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/16-1

the military has begun investing in the coming reality of global melting, and the economic incentives are actually making the looming trouble seem almost desirable.

Source: http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,409001,00.html

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