Greenland

IMAGE: Keisling arriving for fieldwork in Northeast Greenland at the East Greenland Ice Core Project (EGRIP) camp during his GROW Fellowship to the Centre for Ice and Climate. view more  Credit: Credit: B Keisling. Boulder, Colo., USA: Buried a mile beneath Greenland's thick ice sheet is a network of canyons so…

The recent announcement from the State Department that it would provide a $12.1 million aid package for Greenland is a welcome development.  It demonstrates that the United States is finally looking at the U.S.-Greenland relationship beyond only security issues. According to State Department officials, “the aid will go to developing…

Greenland on Thursday said it had accepted an offer of $12.1 million in funds from the US for civilian projects in its massive and coveted Arctic territory. The money would primarily be used for projects that will "benefit the economic development of Greenland," the territory's government said in a statement,…

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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Humeyra PamukCOPENHAGEN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced a $12.1 million economic aid package for Greenland on Thursday aimed at strengthening mutual ties and boosting a renewed U.S. push for a greater military presence in the Arctic.The move to improve ties with Greenland drew some criticism…

The mollusc Leptogyra bujnitzkii appeared in a biological collection in Russia thanks to the legendary Arctic drift that began on 23 October 1937. Credit: SPbU The mollusk Leptogyra bujnitzkii first appeared in a biological collection in Russia thanks to the legendary Arctic drift that began on 23 October 1937. Three…

While the US proposition to lend Greenland a helping hand hit a sore spot in Denmark and was called “unheard” of and even “reprehensible”, the reactions in Greenland were much warmer.As long as the exact conditions of the financial help from Washington are unknown, there is no reason to reject…

Dr Jenny Clack, FRS, vertebrate palaeontologist, died on 26 March, aged 72."A defining stage in vertebrate evolution was the origin of tetrapods, the limbed vertebrates, some 380m years ago. Remarkable discoveries in East Greenland in 1987 by Jenny Clack, who has died aged 72 from cancer, transformed our understanding of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is poised to announce an expanded diplomatic presence in Greenland and a new assistance package for the vast island aimed at thwarting growing Chinese and Russian influence in the Arctic.The announcement, expected Thursday, will come less than a year after President Donald Trump drew…

Overall, temperatures across Europe have been 2C hotter during the last five years than they were in the latter half of the 19th century Last year was the hottest in history across Europe as temperature records were shattered by a series of extreme heatwaves, the European Union's satellite monitoring surface…