Apparently we are screwing up the earth with global warming enough so that once inaccessible areas of the Arctic will now be accessible to be exploited for oil. Scientist are predicting that global warming will leave the Arctic region almost entirely ice-free for many months at a time.
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Possible Armed Conflict Over Arctic Oil
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Submitted by neutralexistence on Tue, 2008-04-08 01:28. | Tags: politics | arctic melting | arctic oil | global warming | oil