An irony that should give us all reason to pause is that the unprecedented, climate-induced loss of Arctic sea ice (Nature 478, 171; 2011) has triggered an explosion of oil exploration off Greenland and in the Kara, Barents and Chukchi seas.
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McClintock, J. Sea-ice loss sparks oil drilling boom. Nature 479, 478 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/479478e
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