President Trump has said repeatedly that he wants the United States to control Greenland, refusing to take military action ...

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...

As the White House looks to take control of Greenland, US President Donald Trump is eyeing not just a strategic foothold in ...

Shiv Aroor explains the real reason behind Donald Trump's fixation with Greenland. It's not about land-it's about maps, ...

Greenland is 836,000 square miles of largely frozen ground northeast of Canada. So why does the White House say it "should be ...

Greenland has large deposits of rare earth minerals along its coasts, but these are also geologically hazardous regions. Alex Hibbert/The Image Bank via Getty Images That’s imprudent, because the ...

For most of us, first-hand knowledge of Greenland is probably limited to flying over it en route to North America. It’s likely that you’ve heard more about it over the last few months than in the rest ...

Ice, ironically, defines Greenland. Up to almost two miles thick in places, the ice that envelops the austerely beautiful island determines its ecology, its economy and its culture. What scientists ...

When talking about climate change, sea level rise is often brought up as one of the devastating consequences. Melting glaciers and emaciated polar bears have become infamous images over the decades, ...

ILULISSAT, GREENLAND - JULY 15: Visitors look out at melting icebergs crowding the Ilulissat Icefjord on July 15, 2024 near Ilulissat, Greenland. The Ilulissat Icefjord is approximately 60km long and ...

As Greenland’s ice melts and water flows into the ocean, sea level changes, but in ways that might not be intuitive. Away from the island, sea level is rising about an inch each ...

For most of us, first-hand knowledge of Greenland is probably limited to flying over it en route to North America. It's likely that you've heard more about it over the last few months than in the rest ...