A whole new ocean

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As the Arctic warms, it’s opening up a whole new economic frontier, with big opportunities for tourism, shipping and resource development, including oil and gas. But that also brings a whole new array of risks for the region and the world. Amy Martin of the Threshold podcast has the latest installment in our Big Melt series on the Arctic and climate change.

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