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- 2010 spike in Greenland ice loss lifted bedrock, GPS reveals http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111209123214.htm 17 comments
- Republican groups are fundraising with Greenland-U.S. shirts: "support Trump and his efforts to help America grow!" https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-fundraising-greenland-united-states-shirts-1455721 55 comments politics
- Denmark wants the North Pole - The Danish government is planning to officially announce that it is to lay claim to the North Pole, according to a draft Danish-Faroese-Greenland strategy which Information has obtained. http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ece1284208/denmark-wants-the-north-pole/ 51 comments worldnews
- Greenland's PM Nielsen says the US has 'not been respectful' towards the territory https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/27/greenlands-pm-nielsen-says-the-us-has-not-been-respectful-towards-the-island 48 comments worldnews
- Space Force Commander in Greenland Sent Out Email Breaking with Vance After His Visit https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/10/space-force-commander-greenland-sent-out-email-breaking-vance-after-his-visit.html 20 comments politics
- Greenland's opposition wins election dominated by independence and Trump https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2r3d0r8z0o 4 comments law
- Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/greenland-startup-shipping-glacier-ice-cocktail-bars-uae-arctic-ice 174 comments worldnews
- Significant Warming heads to several areas of the northern hemisphere and especially in Greenland and Central Europe owing to the intense dynamic in the troposphere triggered by a deeply meandering jet stream between Alaska and Scandinavia. Heatwaves will affect Europe and the Mediterranean https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/significant-warming-heatwave-greenland-cold-outreak-europe-rrc/ 16 comments europe
- Greenland’s Melting Glaciers Spew a Complicated Treasure: Sand https://www.wired.com/story/greenlands-melting-glaciers-spew-a-complicated-treasure-sand/#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending_beb3d2a6-a4c2-4c19-b081-a5a20db11480_popular4-1 3 comments climate
- Greenland’s Melting Glaciers Spew a Complicated Treasure: Sand https://www.wired.com/story/greenlands-melting-glaciers-spew-a-complicated-treasure-sand/#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending_beb3d2a6-a4c2-4c19-b081-a5a20db11480_popular4-1 3 comments worldnews
- Greenland may have already committed us to almost a foot of sea level rise https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/study-sees-almost-a-foot-of-sea-level-rise-locked-in-for-greenland/ 219 comments futurology
- Rewriting the history books: Why the Vikings left Greenland https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/947227 2 comments anthropology
- Controversial impact crater under Greenland’s ice is surprisingly ancient - New date of 58 million years undercuts idea that strike triggered recent 1000-year plunge in temperatures https://www.science.org/content/article/impact-crater-under-greenland-s-ice-surprisingly-ancient 13 comments science
- Greenland judged security risk amid Arctic tension https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50598898 4 comments europe
- 'Lost continent' the size of Greenland found under Europe https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greater-adria-continent-mediterranean-mountains-tectonic-plates-utrecht-university-a9118046.html 5 comments europe
- Trump to re-open US consulate in Greenland after being told it's not for sale https://news.yahoo.com/trump-open-us-consulate-greenland-150607789.html 31 comments politics
- Trump complains Danish prime minister was 'not nice' and 'nasty' over Greenland sale https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-greeland-denmark-prime-minister-trip-a9073616.html 6 comments politics
- Trump calls Danish PM ‘nasty’ for refusing to sell Greenland https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/21/donald-trump-danish-pm-mette-frederiksen-nasty-over-greenland-spat/2072705001/ 47 comments politics
- White House aide Kudlow confirms Trump interest in Greenland https://apnews.com/939c0199b5f647afb3b579e72ac20e6d 13 comments politics
- No thanks, we’re not for sale, aghast Greenland tells Trump https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/16/greenland-not-for-sale-trump-interest-in-purchasing 14 comments politics
- Trump reportedly wants to buy Greenland, and everyone has jokes https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/trump-buy-greenland-memes-reaction-twitter-jokes-14308510.php 3 comments politics
- Trump ridiculed over plan to buy Greenland - 'Final proof that he has gone mad' https://news.sky.com/story/trump-ridiculed-over-plan-to-buy-greenland-final-proof-that-he-has-gone-mad-11786395 54 comments politics
- A young Arctic fox has walked across the ice from Norway's Svalbard islands to northern Canada in an epic journey, covering 3,506 km (2,176 miles) in 76 days. "The fox's journey has left scientists speechless," according to Greenland's Sermitsiaq newspaper. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-48824181 1263 comments worldnews
- Temperatures leap 40 degrees above normal as the Arctic Ocean and Greenland ice sheet see record June melting https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/06/14/arctic-ocean-greenland-ice-sheet-have-seen-record-june-ice-loss/?utm_term=.ce632778d82c 372 comments politics
- Greenland lost roughly half its sea ice in just 8 years (2010-2018) https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/how-much-ice-has-greenland-lost-climate-change/587431/ 5 comments science
- Rain melts Greenland ice even in winter https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47485847 59 comments worldnews
- TIL that in West Greenlandic, the word iqalussuarniariartuqqusaagaluaqaagunnuuq translates to the English sentence 'It is said that we have admittedly got a strict order to go out fishing sharks' https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/6ry1jp/til_that_in_west_greenlandic_the_word/ 22 comments linguistics
- Greenland is turning green, climate change has caused dark algae to grow on the ice. This algae speeds up the heating process. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2017/07/25/algae-melting-ice-greenland-threatening-raise-sea-levels/508976001/ 5 comments science
- Denmark to spend millions on cleaning up US military radioactive waste left behind in Greenland https://apnews.com/1d643a30e59b4731babfb49bbcf8a778/denmark-urged-clean-us-military-waste-greenland 61 comments worldnews
- Was NW Greenland part of the British Empire? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/69t3j5/was_nw_greenland_part_of_the_british_empire/ 9 comments history
- It’s only April, and scientists are already stunned by Greenland’s melting: The Danish Meteorological Institute reported that although it’s only April, nearly 12 percent of the ice sheet’s surface is covered with a layer of meltwater of a depth of at least a millimeter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/04/13/its-april-and-scientists-are-already-stunned-by-greenlands-melting/ 235 comments worldnews
- Giant earthquakes are shaking Greenland — and scientists just figured out the disturbing reason why http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/06/25/giant-earthquakes-are-shaking-greenland-and-scientists-just-figured-out-the-disturbing-reason-why/?hpid=z4 13 comments worldnews
- A common Greenlandic TBC1D4 variant confers muscle insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13425.html 8 comments science
- Remember that story about the Greenland ice sheet melting? Yeah, turns out that's happened before. In fact, it happens about every 150 years. http://www.weather.com/news/greenland-melts-20120725?fb_ref=local-fb-activity 28 comments science
- Greenland's massive ice sheet melting http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/07/24/sci-greenland-melting.html 6 comments worldnews
- The mud volcanoes at Isua (SW Greenland) have been identified as a possible birthplace for life on Earth by an international team. Almost four billion years ago, these volcanoes released chemical elements indispensable to the formation of the first biomolecules, under conditions favorable to life. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-birthplace-primitive-life-earth.html 22 comments science
- Greenland and Antarctica melting faster than expected http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/03/uh-oh-greenland-and-antarctica-melting-faster-than-expected.ars 10 comments science
- Greenland is Melting faster and faster and faster.. 40 years ago no one had any idea it would happen so quickly. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/iotd/view.php?id=44625 71 comments science
- If you think your net connection is slow: Researchers in Greenland connected four Iridium satellite modems with a PPP multilink script to create a 9600 baud, 1500 ms latency uplink. http://www.scribd.com/doc/28222510/iridium-multiplexing-and-inverse-multiplexing-ku-nsf-iridium-experience-latest 6 comments linux
- Greenland's glaciers disappearing from the bottom up http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18520-greenlands-glaciers-disappearing-from-the-bottom-up.html 5 comments science