Greenland

It’s time to embrace an alternate reality, one in which a comet comes crashing down into Earth to destroy humanity. After the runaway global success of Gerald Butler’s action vehicle Greenland, the movie is all set to release in Hindi, Tamil, and English exclusively on Lionsgate Play on April 15th, 2022. Award-winning actor Gerald Butler takes the lead as John Garrity who is…

Home News An animal autopsy of the stranded Greenland shark discovered in Cornwall, England last month has revealed that the shark had meningitis. (Image credit: © Cornwall Marine Pathology Team) The super-rare Greenland shark that washed ashore in England last month had a brain infection when it died, according to…

For days, the Katuarpalaaq drum dancing festival brought performers from Alaska, Canada and Greenland together in Nuuk to share their own ways of dancing and singing. Sylvia Cloutier, who now lives in Montreal, takes part in the Katuarpalaaq drum dancing festival in Nuuk, Greenland. "Sometimes we feel like there's very few of…

A portrait of three intrepid glaciologists brings the reality of climate change and glacial melting into sharp focus in this powerful documentary Humans 6 April 2022 By Davide Abbatescianni Leading glaciologist Alun Hubbard descends into a seemingly bottomless crevasse Courtesy of CPH:DOX 2022 Into the Ice Lars Henrik Ostenfeld CPH:DOX…

Declining temperature has been thought to explain the abandonment of Norse settlements in southern Greenland in the early 15th century CE, although limited evidence is available from the inner settlement region itself. In a new study, scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and elsewhere reconstructed the temperature and hydroclimate…

Ice cores drilled in Antarctica and Greenland have revealed gigantic volcanic eruptions during the last ice age. Sixty-nine of these were larger than any eruption in modern history. According to the University of Copenhagen physicists behind the research, these eruptions can teach us about our planet’s sensitivity to climate change.…

LC-130 Hercules aircraft will have a smoother takeoff from Antarctica and Greenland thanks to the 109th Maintenance Squadron. Propulsion specialists with the 109th assembled the first Air National Guard-built T56 3.5 turbo engine. The 3.5 modification is part of an Air Force initiative to update C-130 aircraft. The 109th’s engine…

Greenland’s near default didn’t prevent Zhang Yuliang’s re-appointment as chairman last month In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, fresh details emerge about how Shanghai-based developer Greenland dodged default with government help, the slump in China home prices accelerates despite easing measures, and investors clear the way for PropertyGuru’s SPAC-led…

Home News Researchers studying Greenland's Hiawatha crater conducted research at the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet in 2019. (Image credit: Pierre Beck) (opens in new tab)Scientists now know the age of an enormous impact crater hidden under Greenland's ice.  The Hiawatha crater, which sits under 0.6 mile (1 kilometer)…

The 31-km- (19.2-mile) wide Hiawatha impact structure is located beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwestern Greenland. Photo from fieldwork at the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet in 2019. Image credit: Pierre Beck. The Hiawatha impact crater was formed by a 1-km- (0.6-mile) wide iron asteroid. First discovered in 2015, the…