The Arctic is melting quickly, opening new shipping routes. In fact, it has seen a 37% increase in the number of vessels passing through it, carrying goods, oil, chemicals, and tourists, and a doubling of the distances being sailed. What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic: its shrinking effects global weather patterns, sea levels and the stability of the climate system as a whole.
Shipping regulators at the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Pollution and Prevention and Response (PPR) will quietly decide on how much pollution the Arctic can absorb…
Source: Seas At Risk | Ocean Plastic Pollution
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