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Global Warming will Open Northwest Passage

Posted by chrisd on from the unintended-consequences dept.

Makarand writes "For the most part we dread global warming. However, some experts from the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, studying the polar ice caps, are now pointing out some of the advantageous side effects of global warming. They are predicting that in 5 to 10 summers from now the polar ice caps would disappear for around 2 months each year opening up the fabled Northwest passage for commercial shipping. This would effectively reduce the shipping distance between Europe and Asia by 6800 miles compared to the route using the Panama canal."

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  1. North Atlanta Sea by qnonsense · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hahahahaha hahahahaha hahahahaha.

    Ha.

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  2. Re:Supertankers... by TheMidget · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Penguins at the North Pole?

    What? Do you honestly think that the Inuit all use Microsoft?

  3. Re:Canada by wunderhorn1 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hooray for pimping e2!

    (/me goes to vote up stew's w/u.)

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