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Warmer climate to open new Arctic shipping routes by 2050: study
2013-03-08 22:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The quickest way to get goods from Asia to the U.S. East Coast in 2050 might well be straight across the Arctic, where a warming climate is expected to open new sea routes through what is now impenetrable ice, a study reported on Monday. Most shipping traffic between these two centers currently goes through the Suez or Panama canals, and that is likely to continue even as melting Arctic sea ice makes the far north more accessible. But increasingly warm temperatures also could make the Northwest...
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