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Warming of Arctic - Coggle Diagram

- - - - warming up twice
      - as fast as
        
        global average
      - loss of ice
        
        decline 75%
      - salinity levels
      - currents and precipitation patterns
- - - - making the survival of Arctic marine life
      - plants and birds difficult
    - - melting ice
        
        made Northern Sea Route (NSR)
        
        opening
        
        shipping, energy
        
        commercial and economic opportunities
        
        fisheries and mineral resources
        
        Models predict
        
        route could be ice free
        
        in summer by 2050 or earlier
    - - Navigation conditions
        
        dangerous and
        
        restricted to the summer.
      - Lack of deep-water ports
      - shortage of workers
        
        trained for polar conditions
      - Mining and deep-sea drilling
        
        carry massive costs
        
        and environmental risks.
      - Arctic
        
        not a global common
        
        there is no
        
        overarching treaty that goven it
        
        only UNCLOS
    - - observer status
        
        in Artic Council
        
        which is
        
        inter-governmental forum
        
        for co-op
        
        on envir and development
      - make strategic policy
        
        encompassed
        
        economic, environmental,
        
        scientific and political aspects.