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, by Financial Times, Politico.eu
US Base commander Colonel Susannah Meyers has been removed for criticising VP Vance — and apparently for refusing to lower Greenland and Danish flags flying alongside the Stars and Stripes at the US Pituffik Space Base.[AN]
Politico.eu: Pentagon fires Greenland base commander after she (…)
, by WOLFF Stefan
“Trump’s interest in Greenland is often associated with the island’s vast, but largely untapped, mineral resources. But its strategic location is arguably an even greater asset. Shipping routes through the Arctic have become more dependable and for longer periods of time during the year as a (…)
A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa’s isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one of its nine team members of becoming violent.
The Conversation Africa asked geomorphologist David William Hedding, who has previously carried out research from the (…)
, by SAP (Denmark)
With Donald Trump’s repeated demands for the United States to seize Greenland and his Vice President J.D. Vance’s comments about the number of American military personnel in Greenland, the imperialist competition for Greenland has crossed a new decisive threshold.
Photo: DR
The long (…)
, by LAWLESS Ciarán
With Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring the Arctic island, the risk of disinformation directed against Greenland has only increased: to find out what Greenlanders really want, journalists have to battle a rising tide of fake news and dubious polls.
Having only very recently said (…)
, by DRUCKENMILLER Matthew L., MOON A. Twila, THOMAN Rick
The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can profoundly affect lives around the world.
Thawing permafrost and changing seasons affect wildlife (…)
, by MORLINGHEM Mathieu
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier got its nickname the “Doomsday Glacier” for its potential to flood coastlines around the world if it collapsed. It is already contributing about 4% of annual sea-level rise as it loses ice, and one theory suggests the glacier could soon begin to collapse into the (…)
, by SCIAMA Yves
A group of researchers from the American NASA published the results of their efforts on Wednesday 17 January in the prestigious journal Nature. They compiled no less than 236,328 images of the gigantic Greenland polar cap, accumulated by different satellites over 40 years, and revealed that its (…)
, by CARRINGTON Damian
Sea level will be driven up no matter how much carbon emissions are cut, putting coastal cities in danger
Accelerated ice melt in west Antarctica is inevitable for the rest of the century no matter how much carbon emissions are cut, research indicates. The implications for sea level rise are (…)
, by DRUCKENMILLER Matthew L., MOON A. Twila, THOMAN Rick
The annual report is also a reminder that what happens in the Arctic affects the rest of the world.
In the Arctic, the freedom to travel, hunt and make day-to-day decisions is profoundly tied to cold and frozen conditions for much of the year. These conditions are rapidly changing as the (…)
, by McCAHEY Daniella
The U.S. Antarctic Program struggles to keep women safe – and through the continent’s history, discrimination and prejudice are rampant.
A federal report that, in the words of its key finding, “sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking are problems in the U.S. Antarctic Program (…)
, by HOLLAND Paul, MERINO Danier, SCAMBOS Ted, WARE Gemma, ZHENG Yixi
If and when the Thwaites Glacier melts, it will result in nearly 0.6 meter of sea level rise, but it holds back another three meters of sea level rise lurking within the Antarctic continent. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
et Gemma Ware, The Conversation
This episode of The (…)
, by HUBBARD Alun
A field glaciologist explains the changes scientists are now seeing.
I’m standing at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, mesmerized by a mind-blowing scene of natural destruction. A milewide section of glacier front has fractured and is collapsing into the ocean, calving an immense iceberg. (…)
, by CARRINGTON Damian
Loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27cm regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists discover
Major sea-level rise from the melting of the Greenland ice cap is now inevitable, scientists have found, even if the fossil fuel burning that is driving the climate crisis were to end (…)
, by SCAMBOS Ted
Thwaites Glacier’s ice shelf appears to be splintering, and scientists fear it could give way in the next few years. A polar scientist takes us on a tour under the ice to explain the forces at work.
Flying over Antarctica, it’s hard to see what all the fuss is about. Like a gigantic wedding (…)
, by ALEXANDER Simon, BERGSTROM Dana M, ROBINSON Sharon
Record-breaking heatwaves hit both Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously this week, with temperatures reaching 47℃ and 30℃ higher than normal.
Heatwaves are bizarre at any time in Antarctica, but particularly now at the equinox as Antarctica is about to descend into winter darkness. (…)
, by The Economist
Peat fires in the Arctic are the latest symptom of climate change.
The eastern siberian landscape does not normally resemble hell. In winter it is blanketed in snow; in summer, its forests are lush and its wetlands soggy. This year, however, the region is on fire, as are large parts of the (…)
, by HOLTHAZUS Eric
Last week, at a New Orleans conference center that once doubled as a storm shelter for thousands during Hurricane Katrina, a group of polar scientists made a startling declaration: The Arctic as we once knew it is no more.
The region is now definitively trending toward an ice-free state, the (…)
, by HARVEY Fiona
Scientists warn increasingly rapid melting could trigger polar ‘tipping points’ with catastrophic consequences felt as far away as the Indian Ocean.
Arctic scientists have warned that the increasingly rapid melting of the ice cap risks triggering 19 “tipping points” in the region that could (…)
, by BANERJEE Subhankar
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If Sarah Palin were president, we’d know just what it was: a drill-baby-drill administration. Of course, there’s no mama grizzly in the White House, yet these last years have been a grizzly tale of the expansion of American oil and natural gas exploration and drilling from the (…)
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