This arctic is warming 2 to 4 times faster than other parts of the world. The arctic is an ocean covered by ice surrounded by 8 arctic political states. Canada Denmark Greenland Iceland Finland Russia USA .
Home to 4 million people.
Front line climate change. Ice melting from Greenland will Effect sea level rises. carbon storage released.
Political, arctic council formed end of Cold War, concentrated on environmental protection. Unique outside of usual geopolitics Paused since Ukraine. Who owns North Pole? Ovelapping claims.
Climate change. Influences our weather systems. Increasing impact. Sea ice loss. 14 million km2 winter. Reflects sunlight. Air conditioner. We have Lost 45 % I last 40 years. 75% of volume. Permafrost.
Svalbard administered by Norway. Winter surrounded by sea ice. Struggling to form winter months. Greening. Crazy storms. Fastest warming place on earth.
30 million Rivne’s ice every hour. Will reach tipping point. Nothing we can do to stop.
Rich oil gas and critical minerals and protein fishing stocks moving north
Shortens distances shipping and missiles . Creating new Suez Canal planned Russia. Russia collaborating with Chinese unusual.
Arctic council. Of the 8 arctic states 7 nato members. Impending great game. Huge potential for cooperation. Based on mutual interest, sharing data etc. Ukrainian effected. Paused. Russia moving closer to china and India.
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