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War over the Arctic? Global warming skeptics distract us from security risks

11:43 03/03/2010

Global warming skeptics must recognize that real -- not predicted -- climate change is already turning the Arctic into a potential military flash point.

Major melting has spurred Russia, Canada, Denmark (via Greenland), and Norway into a new gold rush, except this time it’s about staking claim to huge reservoirs of natural gas, petroleum, and untold deposits of minerals previously inaccessible because of the polar ice shield.

By Walter Rodgers

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