Arctic thaw could open vast oil and gas region
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An accelerating thaw of the Arctic may open vast regions for oil and gas exploration but that brings worries of spills in the fragile environment, experts said on Thursday.
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A faster-than-expected thaw of the Arctic is likely to open legendary short-cut routes between the Pacific and the Atlantic but experts say icebergs and high costs will prevent any trans-polar shipping boom.
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There's more to the recent dramatic and alarming thawing of the Arctic region than can be explained by man-made global warming alone, a new study found. Nature is pushing the Arctic to the edge, too
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Here's a way to benefit from an increase in the global demand for oil.
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Denmark aims to claim the North Pole  and hunt for oil in high Arctic regions that may become more  accessible because of global warming, the Science Ministry said  on Monday.
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Global warming is causing the Arctic ice-cap to melt at such an unprecedented rate that by the summer of 2070 it may have no ice at all, according to the most comprehensive study carried out on global climate change in the region.
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As global warming melts the Arctic ice, dreams of a short sea passage to Asia - and riches beneath the surface - have been revived. But who will win the world's new Great Game?
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Global warming is heating the Arctic almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet in a thaw that threatens the livelihoods of millions of people and could wipe out polar bears by 2100, according to an eight-nation report released on Monday.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Until now, the Alaskan oil industry and polar bears have coexisted peacefully, but proposals by the U.S. government to list polar bears as endangered by global warming have cast a shadow on oil development on Alaska's North Slope.
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A Coast Guard reconnaissance team is heading to the far north this week to scope out a final frontier that is opening up to ship traffic in a warming Arctic climate.
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Scientists say changes in the earth&#39;s climate from human influences are occurring particularly intensely in the Arctic region, evidenced
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Putin looks to deliver on his promise of an 'energy empire' by claiming vast swathes of hydrocarbon-rich polar territory
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Last summer's big retreat of Arctic Ocean ice allowed oceanographers to chart new regions -- and find more potential United States real estate.
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Russian geologists say they have data that would support a claim to a huge energy-rich area in the Arctic.
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Scientists present one of the most dramatic forecasts for the disappearance of Arctic summer sea-ice.
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BP Plc BP.L will be able to restart   105,000 barrels per day of oil production from the eastern side   of Prudhoe Bay within "a few weeks" after Alaska regulators   approved on Friday the oil major's plan to connect the field to   the nearby Endicott pipeline.
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In a new study commissioned by eight countries of the Arctic region, scientists point to an accelerated ice thaw with far-reaching consequences for global climate change and human activity.