About 1/4 of the world’s natural resources are trapped beneath the arctic ice. Russia is laying claim to much of the land on the basis that the Siberian shelf extends beneath much of the Arctic. No one else has a scientific claim, but I think it’s funny when people say they have a scientific claim to land. To my knowledge, very few borders were drawn in the lab.

MOLO, KENYA: Hundreds of local citizens were gathered around a crashed oil truck, scooping up the free fuel, when the oil burst into flames. At least 82 others were critically injured. I wish people didn’t need oil so much.

Article from Al Jazeera English: Kenya oil blaze leaves 100 dead