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Author(s): Victor DG, Morgan MG, Apt J, Steinbruner J, Ricke KL
Published: March, 2009
Publisher: Foreign Affairs
Tags: Politics
Abstract: Global warming is accelerating, and although engineering the climate strikes most people as a bad idea, it is time to take it seriously.
Author(s): Borgerson SG
Published: April, 2008
Publisher: Foreign Affairs
URL: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/63222/scott-g-borgerson/arctic-meltdown
Abstract: The Arctic Ocean is melting, and it is melting fast. This past summer, the area covered by sea ice shrank by more than one million square miles, reducing the Arctic icecap to only half the size it was 50 years ago. For the first time, the Northwest Passage -- a fabled sea route to Asia that European explorers sought in vain for centuries -- opened for shipping. Even if the international community manages to slow the pace of climate change immediately and dramatically, a certain amount of warming is irreversible. It is no longer a matter of if, but when, the Arctic Ocean will open to regular marine transportation and exploration of its lucrative natural-resource deposits.
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