In order to determine the accessibility of certain areas in the event of a warming climate, "the researchers averaged month-to-month accessibility rates for two time periods: 2010 to 2014 and 2045 to 2059" and "then compared the two scenarios," finding that Canada and Russia will lose the most land access, although they will gain much greater maritime access along with the United States and Greenland. While this will likely result in a boon for coastal communities, and especially those located on the busiest trade routes, inland communities will be forced to change how they move goods across the Arctic, likely having to resort to air travel, which greatly increases the costs of transporting goods. The study discussed in the article "With global warming, Arctic access will diminish by land but improve by sea" demonstrates the unexpected and potentially costly effects of global warming on international trade as well as the indigenous populations of regions most affected by a changing climate (the Arctic in particular is warming at a rate much faster than the rest of the planet). Although these changes will not all...
Research like that discussed in the article is crucial in order to give communities the time needed to prepare for the coming changes, and adapt their lifestyles and trade routes accordingly.
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