Unfrozen world: Arctic thaw becomes major source of global risk

From resource conflicts to reanimated microbes, threats emerge at top of the world

20210624N Arctic melting REUTERS

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world. © Reuters

KAZUNARI HANAWA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Dormant forces buried under Arctic ice for thousands of years are remerging, posing a multitude of threats to civilization from potential conflicts over newly unearthed resources to viruses long-thought lost to history.

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