President Donald Trump said on Friday that Stephen Miller will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff. This comes just days after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections. Stephen Miller, currently White House deputy chief of staff, will replace Susie Wiles as chief of staff. (Bloomberg) Trump praised Wiles on … Read more
Greenlandic lawmakers on Tuesday voted to approve an agreement between the Arctic island, Denmark and the United States to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic after months of pressure by U.S. President Donald Trump seeking to control the semiautonomous territory of a NATO ally. Greenland’s parliament has approved a security deal with the … Read more
Greenland’s parliament on Thursday unanimously adopted a proposal asking the government to draft legislation banning deep-sea mining and exploration until at least the end of 2029. Greenland takes a step towards banning deep-sea mining Fisheries are the driver of Greenland’s economy, while hunting plays a crucial role for livelihoods in many local communities. WWF Greenland … Read more
By Louise Rasmussen Denmark says US resource exploration in Greenland must respect local laws COPENHAGEN, – Denmark’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday if the US wished to explore Greenland’s resources, it would have to do so within the framework of the Arctic island’s legislation, adding that last month’s deal between the three parties did not … Read more
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil, gas and mineral exploration was preparing to begin in Greenland, and hailed the Arctic island’s position for US and European security. Trump described Greenland as crucial to US and European security and said exploration for oil, gas and minerals was about to start. (REUTERS) Washington signed a … Read more
Greenland and Antarctica have lost 11,309 billion tonnes of ice since 1979. (Photo: SWNS) Greenland and Antarctica have lost a combined 11.3 billion tonnes of ice since the late 1970s, contributing more than 3 centimetres to global sea level rise, according to a new international assessment by polar scientists.As per SWNS, the comprehensive study, led … Read more
It’s a day that most people don’t really think about. Morning comes, afternoon comes, and finally it starts to get dark. This pattern is so familiar that it feels timeless. However, there are some parts of the world where summer completely disrupts this routine. For weeks or even months, there would be no sunset at … Read more
The recently discovered 210-million-year-old Lungfish Cave in East Greenland’s Fleming Fjord Formation provides valuable insights into the variability of Late Triassic climate across ancient Greenland. These cave fossils suggest that lungfish had a strategy of burrowing into the dirt during the seasonal droughts of Greenland during the Late Triassic, through a biological process called aestivation, … Read more
Why Greenland looks bigger than Africa on the map, even though that’s not the case Maps sit quietly in classrooms, on news websites and on mobile phone screens. They look solid and precise, but the world they represent is always slightly distorted. Because the Earth is round, any flat world map has to stretch or … Read more