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Underwater livestream in Greenland gathers evidence of climate change — and lets the public listen
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Denmark releases apps to help Danes boycott certain products
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India and EU strike behemoth free trade deal
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A large crowd gathered in a snowy setting, many holding Greenland flags and signs, one reading 'Greenland is not for sale.' A building and snowy mountains are visible in the background.
Anxiety spreads in Denmark amid US demands to take over Greenland
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In Denmark, US demands to take Greenland spread anxiety, sense of betrayal
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A group of five people in business attire are having a discussion in an office with maroon walls and a framed painting. One person in the background is taking a photo with a smartphone.
Greenland’s prime minister says the territory is ‘not for sale’
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‘Greenland is not for sale,’ says territory’s prime minister
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What’s beneath the ice in Greenland?
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Tractors parked on a street in Paris with the Eiffel Tower visible in the background, framed by historic buildings and bare trees.
Europe on edge amid US strikes in Venezuela and Greenland threats
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Europe is on edge after US strikes in Venezuela and Greenland threats
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Colorful houses in a snowy village by the sea, with icebergs floating in the water.
Greenlanders react to US threats to take over their territory
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The view from Greenland
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A small settlement with blue and red houses on a rocky islet surrounded by icy waters and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.
A special holiday show all about Greenland
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Greenland, in the shadow of Denmark’s rule
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Abandoned village in Greenland sees a revival
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Greenlandic Inuit embrace heritage tattoos
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Denmark apologizes for coercive IUD program in Greenland
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Denmark’s controversial parenting test
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Tourism out-pacing capacity in Greenland
3:48
Backcountry race draws skiers to Greenland
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Greenland’s independence movement
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US accepted Greenland’s status over a century ago
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A traffic officer directing traffic with an outstretched arm in front of a vintage blue car on a city street.
Cubans brace for fuel shortages as US tightens oil blockade on Venezuela
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Trump appoints Greenland envoy who believes US should own the island
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A helicopter and an aircraft engage in firefighting efforts above a forested area with visible smoke and patches of burnt trees.
An environment holiday special
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Studying melting ice in Greenland for clues to key Atlantic ocean current
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A small, remote settlement with a blue house and a red building on a rocky shoreline, surrounded by icy waters and mountains in the background, with icebergs floating in the sea.
Community
‘Abandoned’ settlement in Greenland still hums with life
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Hurricane Melissa intensifies as it approaches Jamaica
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Abandoned village in Greenland sees revival
7:25
Reproductive rights
A discussion about Denmark’s forced IUD program for Greenlandic Inuit women and girls
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Climate change fuels adaptation in remote East Greenland
7:59
Studying melting ice in Greenland for clues to key Atlantic Ocean current
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Syria’s new leaders at the UN General Assembly: ‘Syria is back after six decades’
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Denmark’s PM apologizes for coercive contraception program in Greenland
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Global Politics
Greenlanders largely want independence, but think it’ll be a long road to get there
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Divisions within Greenland’s independence movement
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Greenland’s independence movement: slow and steady, or fast and furious?
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Amid influx of tourists, Greenland’s capital sees strained infrastructure
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Russia conducts massive overnight strike on Kyiv
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Greenland wants new international airport to trigger tourism boom
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Arctic circle race draws skiers from around the world to Greenland
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Denmark rethinking controversial parenting test for Greenland’s Inuit community
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Greenland’s PM speaks of independence amid US-Denmark tensions over island
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In front of a floor-to-ceiling glass door in the living room of Najannguac Dalgård Christensen, necklaces with amulets carved out of bone and seal claws dangle from a coat hanger.
Lifestyle & Belief
Healing old wounds: The revival of Greenlandic Inuit tattoos in Denmark
Two people are shown in shadow running toward an ambulance with red brake lights on in the rain.
Top of The World
Brazil exceeds 4,000 daily COVID-19 deaths, India sees record infections
A small crowd of people are shown examining green ballots next to rows of boxes.
Politics
Main opposition party against mining wins Greenland election
Remnants of ancient Greenland tundra were preserved in soil beneath the ice sheet.
Climate Change
Ancient leaves preserved under a mile of Greenland’s ice – and lost in a freezer for years – hold lessons about climate change
A polar bear is shown in the distance standing on a piece of ice among a large grouping of flat floating ice pieces.
How the Trump administration’s climate denial left its mark on the Arctic Council
A vast, white sheet of ice
Climate Change
Rapid ice melt and sea-level rise will be part of our global future — no matter what
A woman is shown wearing a red shirt and walking with a crate next to a heavily damaged home.
Climate Change
Earth’s hottest decade on record marked by extreme storms, deadly wildfires
Underland cave light
Books
A new book explores ‘Underland,’ the deep, dark areas below the Earth
A red helicopter is shown landed on the Greenland ice sheet with team of three professors and three students unload their gear.
The Big Melt
PHOTOS: Up close and personal with Greenland’s massive ice sheet
Three people walk across ground covered in ice and snow as the horizon stretches behind them.
The Big Melt
As Greenland’s ice sheet melts, scientists push to learn ‘how fast’
A man is perched atop a propeller of a small twin engine plane on a tarmac. The plane is bright cherry red.
Climate Change
At sea and in the sky, scientists brave wicked weather to explore a key ocean current
Snow is blown off of the calving front off of Thurston Island in western Antarctica in this photo, taken in November 2014. New findings show the western side of Antarctica to be more vulnerable to warming oceans — and increased ice loss — than first thoug
A scientist’s response to Antarctic ice loss: ‘We can act.’
members of a battalion lining up in front of a palace
Global Politics
There are 28 other monarchies in the world
A man walks in the snow next to the Houses of Parliament in London on March 1. Brtain and much of the rest of Europe have been hit with a late winter blast linked to extreme warming in the Arctic.
Environment
Europe’s cold blast, Arctic’s heat wave are ‘two sides of the same coin’
Bomb cyclone
Environment
Climate change will accelerate extreme weather events in the coming years
Kim Høegh-Dam is the founder of Iluliaq Seafood A/S.
Environment
Fishermen in Greenland are doing better than ever. That might be thanks to climate change.
A satellite image of Arctic sea ice fractures caused by the force of the Beaufort Gyre
Environment
Scientists are keeping a close eye on the Beaufort Gyre