Greenland

SO WE BASICALLY REALLY ARE LIVING IN FALLEN ANGELS, WITH HUMAN EMISSIONS OFFSETTING A NEW ICE AGE: The sun is experiencing a less active phase called ‘solar minimum,’ but it won’t cause an ice age. “But this solar minimum won’t spark another ice age, they say. And that’s likely due…

As a program manager for Street View, I’ve had the opportunity to work in more than 20 countries around the world, collecting imagery that transports people to new places and powers Google Maps. You can even find my blurred face from time to time in Street View. I’ve trekked a desert…

An unstable mountain slope in Alaska has the potential to suddenly collapse at some point in the next two decades, resulting in a rapid landslide and huge tsunami, a group of scientists has warned.The mountain slope is located above a fiord known as Barry Arm on the southern edge of…

Roughly 250 million years ago, Pangaea, Earth’s greatest supercontinents, was still stitched together, yet to be split apart by the tremendous geological forces that completely changed the world.Roughly 250 million years ago, Pangaea, Earth’s greatest - and latest - supercontinent, was still stitched together, yet to be split apart by…

(Walter Myers/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images) ALEXANDER LEWIS PEACE, THE CONVERSATION 16 MAY 2020 Pangaea was the Earth's latest supercontinent – a vast amalgamation of all the major landmasses.Before Pangaea began to disintegrate, what we know today as Nova Scotia was attached to what seems like an unlikely neighbour: Morocco. Newfoundland was…

According to Chinese Ambassador to Denmark Feng Tie, the US is using allegations against Russia and China as a ploy to cover its own interests in Greenland, the world's largest island.Chinese Ambassador to Denmark Feng Tie has lashed out against an opinion piece penned by his US colleague Carla Sands,…

Iceland has given the green light for international film and TV professionals to travel to the country and resume work as early as tomorrow, providing they secure a necessary permit. From Friday (May 15), international filmmakers, crew and actors can apply for a special exemption to the 14-day quarantine, which…

China’s ambassador to Denmark Feng Tie was responding to claims by the US envoy. Photo: HandoutFeng Tie says American ambassador was ‘speaking absurdities’ when she criticised China for ‘calling itself an Arctic state’ Carla Sands also accused Beijing of advancing ‘predatory economic interests’ in the region Topic |   US-China relationsPublished: 10:00pm,…

Skip to content Economic decoupling from China speeding up Donald Trump’s administration has taken a number of steps in an attempt to challenge China’s rapid technological advances. The latest proposal is meant to cut US reliance on Chinese rare-earth metals, a group of 17 elements integral to a lot of…

Suzy Hazelwood/Public Domain Parag Khanna is founder and managing partner of FutureMap, and author most recently of The Future is Asian. Kailash K. Prasad is director of research at FutureMap and an editor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The coronavirus is upending our jobs, canceling our pastimes…