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Greenland’s uncertain future
Al Jazeera reporter Nazanine Moshiri and producer Christina Marker visited Greenland to look at how a potential race for oil in the region could affect the country [Christina Marker]
Published On 24 Sep 2010
24 Sep 2010
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Already the country faces changes from climate change that would threaten not just Greenland but countries all over the world [Christina Marker]
Some experts have predicted that melting glaciers could boost average sea levels by up to a metre in the next century, forcing hundreds of millions of people to higher ground [Christina Marker]
Climate change has also affected the archipelago(***)(***)s fishing industry, with fewer cod and shrimps living in the local waters [Christina Marker]
Only those with bigger fishing boats have been able to continue a successful trade, making halibut a main export [Christina Marker]
Melting icecaps in the Arctic circle are expected to open up the region to oil and gas exploration, with one quarter of the earth(***)(***)s untapped energy reserves predicted to lie in the seabed [Christina Marker]
Cairn Energy, a British petrochemical company, has already announced its first oil and gas finds, news that has been closely watched by the residents of Greenland [Christina Marker]
Locals have met the developments with a mixture of concern and enthusiasm, with some hoping an oil rush could bring money into Greenland [Christina Marker]
But environmentalists are concerned about another Gulf of Mexico disaster in what is already a fragile ecosystem [Christina Marker]