Arctic Thaw May Open Ship Lanes, But Risks High
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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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Global warming is heating the Arctic  almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet in a thaw that  threatens millions of livelihoods and could wipe out polar  bears by 2100, an eight-nation report said on Monday.
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PARIS - Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
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Global warming is heating the Arctic at a rapid pace - with impacts that could range from the disappearance of polar bears&#39; summer habitat by the century&#39;s end to a damaging rise in sea levels worldwide.
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Ice cover in the Arctic Ocean, long held to be an early warning of a changing climate, has shattered the all-time low record this summer, according to scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder.
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The Arctic is being hit by melting ice, hotter air and dying wildlife, a US report on the impact of global warming says.
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Scientists have worries about the Arctic warming as they have determined that the ice in Greenland and the Arctic is melting too rapidly .
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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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Global warming is melting the Arctic ice faster than expected, and the world&#39;s oceans could rise by about a meter by 2100, swamping homes from Bangladesh to Florida, the head of a study said.
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The consequences of such a massive meltdown of northern ice would be dramatic, according to the study. â¢ Low-lying coastal areas in Florida and Louisiana could be flooded by the sea.
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By TARA BRAUTIGAM  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. (CP) - As Michael Petten stood on the deck of a fishing vessel engulfed in flames, staring at the icy North Atlantic, he faced a simple, awful dilemma: burn or freeze to death.
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Arctic sea ice next summer may shrink below the record low last year, according to a University of Washington climatologist. Ignatius Rigor spoke Monday at the Alaska Forum on the Environment and said global warming combined with natural cyclical changes likely will continue to push ice into the North Atlantic Ocean.
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8 November 2004 - The Arctic climate is warming rapidly, much larger changes are in store due to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases from human activity and the global impact such as rising sea levels will be âstaggering,â presenting one
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Snow is more important than ice in protecting the delicate tundra from disturbances, a finding that holds promise for a longer oil-exploration season in Alaska's rapidly warming Arctic, state officials said on Friday.
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Is there a potential thaw in the cold war between National Hockey League owners and players?
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Northern rivers are pouring more fresh water into the Arctic Ocean, UK researchers say.
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Scientists have found that the ice in Greenland and the Arctic is melting so rapidly that most of it could be gone by the end of the century. Low-lying lands could be flooded and polar bears could go extinct, among other possibilities.