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Earth Warning
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The Earth is warning. Almost all the Arctic [blank] ice may have melted by the end of the century, claims the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change the IPCC. The upside. [blank] to an estimated quarter of the world's oil and gas resources and the [blank] of the fabled Northwest Passage. The downside. The Arctic wilderness is lost as neighboring [blank] , Denmark and Greenland, Russia, Canada, Norway, and the United States all race to [blank] in the bounty.
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The Earth is warning. Almost all the Arctic summer ice may have melted by the end of the century, claims the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change the IPCC. The upside. Access to an estimated quarter of the world's oil and gas resources and the opening of the fabled Northwest Passage. The downside. The Arctic wilderness is lost as neighboring countries , Denmark and Greenland, Russia, Canada, Norway, and the United States all race to share in the bounty.
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