Everyone wants a piece of Greenland. To avoid losing its access to the Arctic, Denmark has to keep digging deep into its pockets. Its latest expenditure is for military training for young Greenlanders.
Research assistant Nukannguaq Mathiesen came closer to understanding the climate and people of northernmost Greenland 4,500 years ago.
Many of these volcanoes are concentrated along the western coast of the continent.
interestingengineering.comDonald Trump might be eyeing Greenland’s strategic position in the Arctic and its mineral reserves, but he’s forgetting the U.S. is already getting all it wants from the island.
www.politico.euA project that would connect southern Canada to the eastern Arctic coast by road is being met with both opposition and support from people who would be affected by it.
www.rcinet.caThe eldest son of President-elect Donald Trump arrived in Greenland on Tuesday for a private visit that heightened speculation that the incoming U.S. administration could seek to take control of the mineral-rich Danish territory.
apnews.comA marine heatwave in 2014-2026, known as “the blob” had caused mass mortality among common murres in the Gulf of Alaska and along the eastern Bering Sea. An up to 75 percent reduction in the colonies in 2022 were reported in a scientific study published shortly before Christmas.
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Emperor penguins, alongside polar bears, are considered icons of the polar regions. Although the internet is filled with images of emperor penguins, very little is known about these highly specialized marine and ice inhabitants of Antarctica.
Emperor penguin with chick near Snow Hill Island.
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