Scientists: Melting Antarctic Ice Could Reveal Deposits of Valuable Metals

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Global warming could lead to an ice-free area in Antarctica nearly the size of two Lithuania by 2300, radically altering not only Antarctica's geography but also its geopolitical position, said Erica Lucas, a geophysicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who led the new study. As the ice-free area at the South Pole expands, countries may become increasingly interested in its mineral resource potential, Eos reports.