because people want stuff.
The effects on national resources when more factories are being built to keep up with the demands of a fast growing population and industrialation is the resources become depleted. Often the demand on resources becomes so high that there is no time to allow resources to replenish.
Scientific data is the only export from Antarctica.
Antarctica's only resource is scientific data.
The Antarctic Treaty prohibits any nation from extracting Antarctica's resources.
There are not any
There are no fungi growing on Antarctica: it's too cold and there is no nutrient source for this botany.
Antarctica's natural resource is data about the health of planet earth.
There is no mining allowed in Antarctica under The Antarctic Treaty.
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Antarctica's resources are scientific data, all of which is found on the continent, in the ice sheet or in the Southern Ocean surrounding the continent.
Renewable resources in Antarctica are data: data on the health of planet earth.
Currently there are no trees growing in antarctica, it is just too cold. However millions of years ago antarctica was a vast, lush forest.