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Climate Change and Arctic Security: When Geography Itself Becomes Unstable

The Arctic is warming at roughly three to four times the global average rate, a phenomenon scientists call Arctic amplification. This accelerated transformation is not merely an environmental concern but a fundamental shift in the strategic geography that has defined northern security for generations. Ice that once served as a barrier is becoming a corridor. Resources that were inaccessible are becoming exploitable. Shipping routes that existed only in theory are becoming operational realities.