she's been doing research in the arctic for 20 years and also teaches at the university of stockholm today she's working with a colleague from canada. and the arctic is a hole in the global warming de icing framework of climate today industry not just petroleum but other economic resources fishing shipping transportation mining oil and gas are all interested in accessing what they perceive to be a new. reservoir a new region right and i would say that the industry side of things are very interested in the arctic what's going on here and how they may be able to capitalize on ice free conditions in the arctic. some experts speculate that the melting of the arctic ice open up to shipping routes between asia and europe. could have substantial strategic and economic benefits for several countries including china. believe that china do have a role to play in seeking peace. the ability in that region and in promoting a sense of ability sustainable development in the area china's government is a white paper on the arctic policy in which the pole the silk road has been off fish will be announced as a policy of the chinese government and you

justification for more empire mike pompei always at the arctic council these are arctic nations you know finland canada russia get together they talk about norway they talk about what the future of the arctic and when pompei o came out of the council instead of crying climate change what was happening with the loss of. vice he said this opens up great opportunities for waterways and for exploration of oil and gas resources in the arctic so not only is the arctic melting because of climate we're going to try and get more hydrocarbons to burn to what to increase the melting and of course the pentagon is now trying to budget up for the competition to scramble for the arctic so the arctic becomes another zone of imperial competition which the united states is really i mean what else that the united states have at this point in terms of its international prestige and power it's not doing belton road like china it's basically trying to maintain a massive 800 base strong empire around the world and they contrast that with previous empires there was always a notion of securing. treasure and territory and when

has seen some rather lively downpours and it's about to between some cooler air out of the arctic out of canada and some really warm air further south to the sort of chap which is that we're looking at operand the 30 degree mark or so lots of heat in place across that eastern half of the u.s. but it is a good deal cooler of the north we have got system wetter weather north of the border into to run so when to quit back i will sink its way further south which is to go into wednesday slowly but surely just coming south of the border down across the lakes into the plains and or along the appalachians as well further east fine and dry lots of sefl weather now pushing all the way up into the carolinas into the eastern seaboard we go on into thursday and you can see that we have got that wet weather just nothing its way further north or some big downpours here actually could see some localized flooding but to the south of that they stay strong i and it stays very warm as over the next couple of days. thanks so much in the still ahead on north korea flies missiles al is off to offering to resume nucle

arctic experienced a record-setting wildfire season. places that have not traditionally burned in parts of northern canada, alaska, greenland, and siberia were engulfed in flames visible from space. in this map, the north pole is about here. so this looks down at alaska here and russia here, the siberian arctic. and as you can see, fires were everywhere. guierrmo raine of imperial college london told wire -- i quote him here -- arctic fires are rare, but they are not unprecedented. what is unprecedented is the number of fires that are happening. never before have satellites around the planet seen this level of activity, end quote. as of august 28, fires cut across more than six million acres of siberian forest and 2.5 million acres of alaskan tundra and forested land. these forests aren't just scarring the arctic landscape. they are also releasing tons more of carbon dioxide, causing more climate change. researchers estimate that the arctic fires have released more than 180 million tons of co2. for comparison, my home state of rhode island was responsible for around 9.75 million tons of carbon dioxide through our fossil fuel combustion