Arctic shipping routes and burgeoning mining opportunities may be part of Greenland’s appeal to President-elect Donald Trump, ...

Donald Trump says the U.S. needs control of Greenland and the Panama Canal "for national security." Here's why both places ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet’s fate is intricately tied to the global climate crisis. Melting ice contributes to rising sea levels ...

The rugged, icy landscape means Greenland’s towns aren’t connected to each other by road, making air and sea the main modes of travel. With an ice sheet second only to Antarctica’s in size ...

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Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking ...

Greenland is located to the northeast of Canada and is largely covered by the Greenland Ice Sheet. The largest island in the world, but home to only around 60,000 people, it is a semi-autonomous ...

One of many research stations on the Greenland ice sheet that scientists use to track its movement and elevation. - Julian Quinones/CNN Currently China dominates global rare earth production and ...

M ore than a hundred volcanoes lie beneath the Antarctic ice, and the release of some of the weight upon them could spur them ...

One of many research stations on the Greenland ice sheet that scientists use to track its movement and elevation. - Julian Quinones/CNN Currently China dominates global rare earth production and has ...

2010 - Greenland's ice sheet is shrinking faster and making a bigger contribution to rising sea levels, a study in the journal Science confirms. 2013 - Greenland ends the territory's 25-year ban ...