Greenland

The US Vice President, JD Vance, has slammed Denmark who "hasn't kept pace", claiming the territory around the Greenland base he's visiting was less secure than 30 or 40 years ago. He and his wife Usha Vance arrived in the US government's Air Force 2 plane at the Pituffik Space…

Vladimir Putin spoke on Thursday, March 27, at the International Arctic Forum. He said that he will keep defending Russia’s interests in the Arctic. According to him, Russia is not only focused on nearby European countries but also paying attention to what’s happening in the Arctic region. He made it…

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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…