Greenland

Greenlands flag flutters at the Inussivik hall in Nuuk, Greenland, April 6, 2021. — Reuters A four-party coalition government will be announced in Greenland on Friday, according to local media reports, as the island navigates renewed pressure from US President Donald Trump’s administration regarding its future status, Reuters reported.  The announcement…

AFP 27 Mar, 2025 06:58 PM 2 mins to read Russia views US plans to annex Greenland as serious, fearing the Arctic could be a conflict springboard. Vladimir Putin highlighted historical roots of the US interest and Nato’s focus on the far north. Denmark rejected US President Donald Trump’s calls,…

The Earth is getting drier and may have hit a tipping point for how much water is stored in soil because of climate change. So great is the decline in soil moisture that it has outpaced Greenland's melting ice sheets in its contribution to sea level rise and changes to…

US president said ‘we have to convince them’, as he claimed taking control of Greenland was essential for US national security. United States President Donald Trump has re-asserted his desire for Washington to take control of Greenland, in advance of a controversial planned visit to the Danish autonomous territory by…

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Within glacial ice sheets, there are streams of ice, sometimes called ice rivers, that move much faster than the surrounding ice. If you’re having trouble imagining how ice moves inside ice, Elizabeth Thomas , a paleoclimatologist at the University at Buffalo, suggests an analogy to help visualize these icebound rivers.…

Rebecca Droke/AFP/Getty Images CNN  —  US Vice President JD Vance has now said he will join his wife Usha on her highly contentious visit to Greenland later this week, a decision that added fuel to the diplomatic fire while revealing major changes to the United States’ itinerary on the Arctic…

A boy throws ice into the sea in Nuuk, Greenland (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) Josh Boak and David Keyton Wed 26 Mar 2025 at 12:34 Greenland and Denmark appeared cautiously relieved by the news that US Vice President JD Vance and his wife are changing their itinerary for their visit to Greenland,…

Instead of a broader visit to the island led by Second Lady Usha Vance, now the US delegation will be led by Vice President JD Vance and the visit is expected to be limited to the Pituffik Space Base of the US Space Force read more Denmark has welcomed the…

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue , which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy transition. It was supported by the Pulitzer Center, produced by Grist, and co-published with Wired. Greenland’s massive cap of ice, containing enough fresh water…