Greenland is sovereign in everything other than defence and foreign policy, but by being part of the Kingdom of Denmark, it is included within Nato. As with any nation, access to its land and coastal waters is tightly controlled through permits that specify where work may take place and what activities are allowed.

Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland's 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, when temperatures were close to what we're predicted to reach by the end of the century.

Greenland, the largest island globally, is an autonomous territory within Denmark, home to around 56,000 residents, mostly Inuit. Its vast ice sheet, covering 80% of its area, places it at the forefront of climate change discussions.

As Greenland’s ice melts, the island faces a paradox. Rising seas and unpredictable weather threaten its way of life, but melting permafrost opens doors to rare resources and new shipping routes. Can Greenland offset the devastation with new opportunities?

Human-caused climate change boosted Iceland and Greenland ’s temperatures by several degrees during a record-setting May heat wave, raising concerns about the far-reaching implications melting Arctic ice has for weather around the world, scientists said ...

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REEs such as niobium, tantalum and ytterbium have been discovered in igneous rock layers – similar to the discovery (and subsequent mining) of silver and zinc reserves in south-west England, which were deposited by warm hydrothermal waters circulating at the tip of large volcanic intrusions.

There's a long and contentious history of US interest in the Arctic island, but it seems to have entered a new phase under Donald Trump

Melting ice, thawing permafrost and crumbling fjord walls are just a few of the risks climate change poses for those living and working in Greenland.