As Arctic Ice Vanishes, New Shipping Routes Open
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/03/science/earth/arctic-shipping.html
Source: By Jugal K. Patel and Henry Fountain, The New York Times
For Investigation: 10.3
Excerpt: As global warming melts sea ice across the Arctic, shipping routes once thought impossible — including directly over the North Pole — may open up by midcentury. But high costs may keep the new routes from being used right away. The amount of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean has declined sharply each decade since the 1980s, according to measurements taken each September when the ice is at its minimum. Older, thicker ice is disappearing as well. Scientists say global warming is largely responsible for the changes. Parts of the Arctic are warming twice as fast as elsewhere....
Source: By Jugal K. Patel and Henry Fountain, The New York Times
For Investigation: 10.3
Excerpt: As global warming melts sea ice across the Arctic, shipping routes once thought impossible — including directly over the North Pole — may open up by midcentury. But high costs may keep the new routes from being used right away. The amount of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean has declined sharply each decade since the 1980s, according to measurements taken each September when the ice is at its minimum. Older, thicker ice is disappearing as well. Scientists say global warming is largely responsible for the changes. Parts of the Arctic are warming twice as fast as elsewhere....