Read by Elle Magni.

Produced by Nicholas Fiscina.

Stories written by Candace Roscoe, Jonathan Moore and Gareth Sloan.

Read and produced by Lachlan Fletcher.

Stories written by Chris Hanna and Nicholas Fiscina.

In 2009 the New York Times called the fight over Arctic territorial claims, The biggest land grab since colonial times, and said it was accelerating as nations scramble to claim writ over hundreds of thousands of square miles of ocean floor, much of it believed to be rich in natural resources.

In Pakistan, fully one fifth of the country is said to be under water and the floods have not just devastated the lives of millions of people, they now present an unparalleled national security challenge for the country, the region and the international community. Lest anyone under-estimate the scale of the disaster, all four of Pakistan's wars with India combined did not cause such damage.