Posts Tagged ‘greenland’

Cruise Ship With 206 Aboard Grounded In Greenland For Days As Rescue Attempts Fail

Despite confirmed COVID cases on board, passengers are in good spirits and await a rescue ship from the Danish navy. Source

16th-Century Maps Reveal 1800 BC Ice Free Greenland And Antarctica

There is a large body of maps of the Americas which cannot be explained by known explorations. Mercator’s 1569 World Map shows all of Greenland without ice at its coasts. Finaeus’ 1531 World Map shows Antarctica without coastal ice, all Greenland without coastal ice and an ancient shoreline of Hudson Bay. No 16th-century explorer could […]

Record old DNA found in Greenland

For the first time, two million-year-old DNA has been identified, opening a completely new and previously unexplored chapter in the history of evolution. The researchers have found microscopic fragments of environmental DNA in sediments in northern Greenland. The research is now presented in the journal Nature. Using advanced techniques, the researchers discovered that the fragments […]

Ancient Environmental DNA Reveals Thriving 2-Million-Year-Old Life on Greenland

A “breakthrough” has been made in understanding the history of our planet. Studying ancient environmental DNA a team of researchers has now tracked and mapped the evolution of biological communities that existed some two million-years-ago (Mya). Until now, the scientific understanding of Earth’s ancient biological lifeforms was greatly built on the oldest environmental DNA available, […]

Greenland ice melt will raise global sea levels at least 10 inches, scientists conclude

The scientists worry severe melting events, like the melting seen in 2012, could push eventual sea level rise closer to 30 inches.

Rare earths processor buys mining rights in Greenland

The Canadian rare earth processor Neo Performance Materials plans to buy the rights to explore a mineral deposit in Greenland that contains the rare earth elements neodymium and praseodymium, which are used to make magnets for electric cars, wind turbines, and missiles.

Rare earths processor buys mining rights in Greenland

The Canadian rare earth processor Neo Performance Materials plans to buy the rights to explore a mineral deposit in Greenland that contains the rare earth elements neodymium and praseodymium, which are used to make magnets for electric cars, wind turbines, and missiles. This project is the company’s first step into mining and part of a […]

In Greenland, national competition brings the elderly together through sports

The annual Greenlandic games for the elderly takes place in Ilulissat, a town on the western part of the island, in the Arctic Circle Source

A Prolonged Drought Drove Out the Greenland Vikings, Says New Study

European Nordic seafaring pirates and raiders, known as the Vikings, would come to Greenland to settle around 950 AD, but mysteriously the Greenland Vikings vanished with the onset of the Little Ice Age, which lasted from the early 14th century to the mid-19th century. A new study by a group of scientists from University of […]

Danish PM personally apologises to six Greenland children over 1950s social experiment

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has personally apologised to six Greenlandic children who were brought to Denmark in 1951 as part of a social experiment. Frederiksen made a formal apology on behalf of her country at an official ceremony at the Danish National Museum in Copenhagen. The six children are the only living survivors of […]

Blinken Says No to Greenland Real Estate

The village of Kulusuk in Greenland. (Photo: Ville Miettinen/flickr/cc) In May, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a visit to Greenland.  In a rather unedifying way, he was called ‘Tony’ by his hosts, a disarming point that was bound to open the floodgates of insincerity.  For all the convivial stuffing, there was a certain […]

Greenland Bans All Oil Exploration

Above Photo: Felix Linhardt/Kiel University. The government of Greenland has decided to suspend all oil exploration off the world’s largest island, calling it “a natural step” because the Arctic government “takes the climate crisis seriously.” No oil has been found yet around Greenland, but officials there had seen potentially vast reserves as a way to help […]

US not seeking to buy Greenland anymore, says Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reassured Greenlanders on Thursday that his administration was not seeking to buy their island anymore. Former President Donald Trump had expressed interest in buying Greenland from Denmark and later cancelled a state visit to Copenhagen when the offer was mocked by Danes and Greenlanders alike. Asked whether the Biden […]

Will Greenland join the family of independent nations?

     Greenland’s election in late April was largely a vote on independence – a crucial and unifying issue. Whatever the ultimate composition of the ruling coalition, the secession from Denmark seems to be a foregone conclusion. Six out of seven political parties support the idea and they won. A referendum will also offer a thumbs-up. […]

Land of Ice & Snow: Montreal record busting snow sours the mild winter climate narrative

     ON the 24th December this year, Montreal was a poster child for the “new normal” – mild weather, no snow in sight. All that came to an abrupt end on the 29th, when Montreal strayed off narrative with a record breaking snowfall. From the 24th; Montreal’s Christmas Eve record-breaking temperature matches Los Angeles Dec. […]

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A greener Greenland? Times Atlas ‘error’ overstates global warming

  Tamara CohenDaily Mail September 20, 2011 The publishers of the world’s most prestigious atlas have been caught out by Cambridge scientists exaggerating the effects of climate change. In its latest edition, the £150 Times Atlas of the World has changed a huge coastal area of Greenland from white to green, suggesting an alarming acceleration […]

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