3.0 Posted June 29, 2013 #1 Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) It goes without saying that things are warming up! Polar bear ice flows are shrinking, ancient ice flows are shrinking, mountain top snow is shrinking. All this melting seems to be continuing unabated. It seems to me this is going to expose and make usable land that was previously ice and snow. Consider Greenland, Iceland, Antarctica, and northern regions of Canada and Russia. These areas will all have available land for our use in the future, or near future. Will this start a great land grab in these areas? Who will own it all, and use or exploit it? Edited June 29, 2013 by 3.0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woopypooky Posted June 29, 2013 #2 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I always thought that Denmark owned Greenland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorfindel Posted June 29, 2013 #3 Share Posted June 29, 2013 As far as I know all that land has already been "grabbed". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaperS_ParadoX Posted June 29, 2013 #4 Share Posted June 29, 2013 don't people already live in those areas of the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorfindel Posted June 29, 2013 #5 Share Posted June 29, 2013 And if the ice melts, isn't it possible that the coastlines would be submerged? Meaning even less land to grab? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regeneratia Posted August 20, 2013 #6 Share Posted August 20, 2013 It goes without saying that things are warming up! Polar bear ice flows are shrinking, ancient ice flows are shrinking, mountain top snow is shrinking. All this melting seems to be continuing unabated. It seems to me this is going to expose and make usable land that was previously ice and snow. Consider Greenland, Iceland, Antarctica, and northern regions of Canada and Russia. These areas will all have available land for our use in the future, or near future. Will this start a great land grab in these areas? Who will own it all, and use or exploit it? Just like following Katrina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhen Posted August 20, 2013 #7 Share Posted August 20, 2013 As far as I know all that land has already been "grabbed". Yup, and the grabees are planning on defending it. Canada just opened their new, expanded military training base in the high arctic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhen Posted August 20, 2013 #8 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Also in the news today, Canada is developing a stealth snowmobile for arctic use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlesq1 Posted August 20, 2013 #9 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I thought the land was already claimed by the various nations that assert sovereignty. In other words, no land grab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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