By Damian Carrington
20 Aug 2021
photo: Ulrik Pedersen/
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Rain has fallen on the summit of Greenland’s huge ice cap for the first time on record. Temperatures...
Jul 16, 2021
Greenland will halt all oil exploration despite retreating ice uncovering a potential fortune of oil and mineral resources, the government has announced,...
"Greenlanders are sending a strong message that for them it's not worth sacrificing the environment to achieve independence and economic development."
by Jon Queally
April 7,...
March 20, 2020
GREENLAND’S melting icecaps raised the sea levels by 2.2mm last year, scientists have warned, with the human-induced climate crisis accelerating the loss...
What lurks in the Arctic’s thawing permafrost?
by Robinson Meyer
November 6, 2017
From the air, the coast of Greenland appears vast and tranquil. Hundreds of...
Greenland's ice sheet melting seven times faster than in 1990s
Scale and speed of loss much higher than predicted, threatening inundation for hundreds of millions...
Satellite Images Ignite Alarm Over 'Unprecedented' Scale and Planet-Heating Emissions of Raging Arctic Wildfires
Carbon dioxide emitted by Arctic fires in June and July, according...