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Ecological Disruption and Militarization of Antarctica Will Push the Planet Closer to Tipping Points

May 22, 2024

Ecological Disruption and Militarization of Antarctica Will Push the Planet Closer to Tipping Points

Antarctica, a continent about 40% larger than Europe in area, has also been called the world’s largest desert and the coldest, windiest, loneliest continent. Such descriptions do not exactly make this the most attractive continent, but in keeping with our times, those looking for minerals and geo-strategic advantages can find their own allurements.

So far this continent has been among the relatively better managed places in the world, but this can change rapidly with the increasingly emerging fearful possibilities of ecological disruption and even militarization.

If such a drift takes place, this will be a tragedy much beyond this continent as Antarctica has a very important role in protecting the badly endangered ecology of the entire planet.

The vast ice sheets which cover this continent almost entirely make an important contribution in maintaining heat balance by naturally deflecting sun rays, and this has an increasingly more protective role for earth. This continent contributes also by maintaining the water circulation system.

The glaciers here are estimated to have 70 per cent of the freshwater supply of the world.

This is a habitat for many species which are found only here, and some of the species found here, such as the larger whales, have important protective roles on their own.

Although best known for its many species of penguins and seals, Antarctica is also home to its unique krills which provide food for many species apart from playing other ecologically important roles.

Although ecologists have been warning against increasing dangers of plastics, other pollutants and above all invasive species being introduced here in recent times as well as the threat posed by destructive fishing practices, on the whole the continent has been reasonably well protected so far in terms of any locally caused ruin…

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Japanese police drag away elderly protesters as work starts on controversial US airbase (VIDEO)

October 29, 2015

Japanese police drag away elderly protesters as work starts on controversial US airbase (VIDEO)

Protesters lie on the ground as they try to block work on a contentious U.S. air base in front of the gate of the U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab in Nago on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, in this photo taken by Kyodo October 29, 2015. © Kyodo
Protesters lie on the ground as they try to block work on a contentious U.S. air base in front of the gate of the U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab in Nago on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, in this photo taken by Kyodo October 29, 2015. © Kyodo / Reuters

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