Greenland
Scientists want to build 62-mile-long curtains around the 'doomsday glacier' for a $50 billion Hail Mary to save it
The Thwaites Glacier is melting. Scientists plan to test underwater curtains to prevent the "doomsday" glacier's total collapse and subsequent flooding.
A stranded luxury cruise ship was stuck in Greenland for 3 days. It's finally been pulled free.
The cruise ship ran aground on Monday with 206 passengers onboard, and it's been freed amid three Covid-19 cases and an investigation.
Rescuers in the Arctic tried and failed to free a 343-foot luxury cruise ship that's run aground, using a boat that's half its size
206 people are still on board the Ocean Explorer. The cruise operator said on Thursday that three passengers have tested positive for COVID-19.
Over 200 people are stuck in a remote part of Greenland after their luxury cruise ship ran aground. Their rescuers in the Arctic say the 'nearest help is far away.'
Denmark's Joint Arctic Command said the earliest its closest ship might reach the cruise ship is Friday morning local time.
Aristotle first spotted 'blood snow' on Mount Olympus. Today, photos show that colorful algae may be eating away Earth's glaciers.
Multicolored algae have bloomed on glaciers since the Ice Age, but scientists think the patches of pink, purple, and green snow are getting bigger.
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An unexpected force may be speeding up glacier melt across the globe: colorful algae blooms
Ice and snow across the planet are turning spectacular shades of pink, purple, and green. Scientists are racing to understand the microbes behind it.
The US and Canada are updating a Cold War-era system to keep an eye on Russian and Chinese missiles. Experts say they need to add a lot more territory too.
With China, Russia, and North Korea fielding more advanced missiles, the US and Canada are paying more attention to NORAD.
Trump became fixated on buying Greenland after a billionaire cosmetics heir friend suggested the idea, book says
"I love maps," Trump told the authors. "And I always said: 'Look at the size of this. It's massive. That should be part of the United States.'"
Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and other billionaires are backing an exploration for rare minerals buried beneath Greenland's ice
As Greenland's ice melts, mining companies believe the minerals and metals below the surface can be used to power electric vehicles.
Scientists say they accidentally discovered the world's northernmost island off Greenland's coast
The scientists were initially searching for a different island off Greenland's coast and ended up discovering the world's northernmost island instead.
The summit of Greenland got rain, rather than snow, for the first time on record
Melting on Greenland, which has the largest ice mass in the northern hemisphere, contributes to rising sea levels that threaten coastlines worldwide.
Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among the billionaires paying a total of $15 million to fund a search for metals used in electric vehicles
KoBold Metals, backed by the billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, plans to hunt for metals needed for electric vehicles with mining firm Bluejay.
Enough ice melted in Greenland over the last 2 days it could cover the entire surface area of Florida in 4 inches of water
The largest ice mass in the northern hemisphere lost more than 8.5 billion tons of surface mass on Wednesday, and an additional 8.4 billion on Thursday.
Biden Secretary of State said the US is not looking to buy Greenland after Trump floated the possibility in 2019
In 2019, Trump said he discussed the possibility of purchasing Greenland — an autonomous Danish territory — and Danish PM said it was "absurd."
Greenland's vast ice sheet is being turned black by algae, part of a vicious cycle making it melt faster
Climate change is accelerating the proliferation of these algae, one expert said. This in turn accelerates melting of the Greenland ice sheet.
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GOP Sen. Ron Johnson falsely claimed Greenland only recently froze and now admits he has 'no idea' about its history
In a 2010 radio interview, Johnson said the island had gotten its name for its once-green landscapes, but last week he said he "could be wrong there."
The Whisky War: Why history's most polite territorial conflict rages on
If you've never heard of Hans Island, it's probably because, well, there's not that much to say about it.
The Arctic is on track to lose more ice this century than at any point since the end of the Ice Age. Photos show the dramatic melting.
Melting ice could cause 3 feet of sea-level rise over the next 80 years, displacing 680 million people globally.
Earth has lost a 'staggering' 28 trillion tonnes of ice to global warming in the last 23 years, UK scientists find
The melting glaciers and ice sheets could cause sea levels to rise dramatically, possibly reaching a meter (3 feet) by the end of the century.
Greenland's melting ice sheet has 'passed the point of no return,' scientists say, dooming it to disappear
Rising temperatures have driven Greenland's glaciers past a critical tipping point, where snowfall can no longer replenish melting ice.