NSF: Tracking Ships' Icy Paths Amid Climate Change
August 09, 2023
August 09, 2023
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release:
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Sea ice is still a substantial barrier to Arctic vessel traffic
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There has been much buzz about the warming planet's melting Arctic region opening shipping routes and lengthening travel seasons in ocean passageways that ice once blocked. Expanded fishing, trade and tourism is envisioned.
Operative word: Envisioned.
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Sea ice is still a substantial barrier to Arctic vessel traffic
* * *
There has been much buzz about the warming planet's melting Arctic region opening shipping routes and lengthening travel seasons in ocean passageways that ice once blocked. Expanded fishing, trade and tourism is envisioned.
Operative word: Envisioned.