Climate change turns Arctic into strategic, economic hotspot

Climate change turns Arctic into strategic, economic hotspot

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https://apnews.com/20632f3e017741b89a15e0d0927a7ada

TASIILAQ, Greenland (AP) — From a helicopter, Greenland's brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here — its whole population wouldn't fill a football stadium — are poor, with a high rate of substance abuse and suicide.

One scientist called it the "end of the planet."

Climate change turns Arctic into strategic, economic hotspot

Aug 22, 2019, 11:16pm UTC
https://apnews.com/20632f3e017741b89a15e0d0927a7ada > TASIILAQ, Greenland (AP) — From a helicopter, Greenland's brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here — its whole population wouldn't fill a football stadium — are poor, with a high rate of substance abuse and suicide. > One scientist called it the "end of the planet."