The State Department's delegations to the Arctic Council are also continuing their work in much the same way they did under President Barack Obama — acknowledging that warming is real and should be countered in planning everything from new shipping routes to the protection of indigenous peoples. (logicalscience.com)
And there are major economic and diplomatic consequences of those results, as countries and corporations vie for new shipping routes and exposed resources. (businessinsider.com)
BOOKS The Future History of the Arctic by Charles Emmerson As the Arctic thaws, nations around the globe are jockeying for access to its mineral resources and potentially lucrative new shipping routes. (discovermagazine.com)