Greenlanders stay chill as the world reacts to its heatwave
It’s not the warm days from a summer heat wave over Greenland that stress out Taatsi Pedersen. Rather, it’s how
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July may surpass hottest month in recorded history says World Meteorological Organization
July at least equalled, and may even have surpassed, being the hottest month in recorded history, says the World Meteorological
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2019 Arctic wildfire season ‘unprecedented’ say experts
June and July are shaping up to be the most intense Arctic wildfire periods on record with blazes raging everywhere
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What Arctic ice can tell us about plagues, climate and conflict in the Middle Ages
New research is revealing how plagues, wars and the climate affected the economy of Medieval Europe. But researchers didn’t find
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Bizarre skull belongs to first known beluga-narwhal hybrid
Modern DNA technology has confirmed a strange-looking whale skull with weird, twisted teeth collected by a hunter decades ago belongs
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Greenland Atlantic salmon catch numbers well above new quota
Just a few months ago, members of the Atlantic Salmon Federation were celebrating. Initial figures from Greenland showed the salmon
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Tall ice cliffs are slumping and may trigger rapid sea-level rise, study finds
Scientists have found that tall ice cliffs in Greenland are slumping — and this may eventually lead to a more
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Evidence of powerful solar storm which occurred 2,600 years ago found in Greenland ice
Scientists have found evidence of a major solar storm that hit Earth more than 2,600 years ago — a finding
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Greenland ice cores reveal historic climate clues, says study
Scientists have linked past sea ice reductions to some of history’s most extreme climate change events in the North Atlantic,
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Climate change could unleash Greenland sand bonanza, say researchers
The sediment left behind as climate change melts Greenland’s glaciers could provide unexpected export opportunities for the territory as the
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Faster ice melt in Greenland could mean stronger hurricanes for North America’s East Coast: study
Ice is melting in an unexpected region of Greenland at a rate that is unprecedented in the past century, according
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Increasing ocean acidification ushering era of uncertainty for Arctic, says report
If left unchecked, acidification levels in the Arctic Ocean will have significant consequences for northern communities as well as the
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Binding agreement on Arctic fisheries moratorium officially signed by EU and nine countries
Canada, the European Union and eight other countries signed Wednesday a legally binding international accord that will protect nearly three
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Nine countries and EU set to sign ‘historic’ agreement to protect Central Arctic Ocean
Officials from five Arctic countries and five major distant fishing powers are meeting in Greenland Wednesday to sign a legally
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Greenland joins push to ban heavy fuel oil in the Arctic
Environmental and northern Indigenous communities are welcoming the decision by Greenland to push for a ban on the use of
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