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Atlantic Farms takes issue with the number of food miles travelled between field and plate. Using loose-leaf salads as an example, the Spanish start-up says in Europe, each bag travels more than 15,000 to reach the consumer. This figure is concerning, suggested CEO Rafael Pereira, given that 60% of households…

From: WitnessFour Greenlanders deeply disagree on the direction for their country’s future, but all fight for a better Greenland. Related As the world faces an existential crisis due to climate change, can science devise feasible solutions to global warming? Young Arabs living in Europe often feel marginalised in their societies,…

Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin are to return to star in a sequel to the apocalyptic action thriller Greenland. The original movie, in which the pair played John and Allison Garrity, a couple who attempt to flee from a comet strike with their son, defied dismal box office predictions amid…

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR World 10 Jun, 2021 09:18 PM2 minutes to read The sun rises over the US Capitol in Washington DC on June 10. Photo / AP The top of the world got a sunrise special yesterday — a "ring of fire" solar eclipse.…

MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer June 10, 2021Updated: June 10, 2021 11:26 a.m. 1of15An annular solar eclipse rises over the skyline of Toronto on Thursday, June 10, 2021. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)Frank Gunn/APShow MoreShow Less 2of15A partially eclipsed sun peaks out from behind a cloud as it rises over lower…

US secretary of state Antony Blinken has confirmed that America no longer wants to buy Greenland. Blinken visited the Danish autonomous territory as he ended a four-day trip that included a meeting of the foreign ministers of countries bordering the Arctic. “I am in Greenland because the United States deeply…

Accelerated melt. Credit: TiPES/HP Data from the Jakobshavn drainage basin of the Central-Western Greenland ice sheet reveals that the distinct mark of this part of the ice sheet has reached a tipping point. That is the conclusion by Niklas Boers from Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany and Martin…

Scientists have used fibre-optic sensing to obtain the most detailed measurements of ice properties ever taken on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Their findings will be used to make more accurate models of the future movement of the world's second-largest ice sheet, as the effects of climate change continue to accelerate.…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks after landing at Boryspil International airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine May 6, 2021. Efrem Lukatsky/Pool via REUTERS WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Copenhagen, Reykjavik and Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, from May 16 to May 20, the State…

Sea levels are going to rise, no matter what. This is certain. But new research I helped produce shows how much we could limit the damage: sea level rise from the melting of ice could be halved this century if we meet the Paris agreement target of keeping global warming…