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Climate visas, curing HIV and a coastal city conundrum

Climate visas, curing HIV and a coastal city conundrum

Want to get the ThinkLandscape digest in your inbox? Sign up here. If you’re in the northern hemisphere, there’s a decent chance that it’s hot where you are right now. (Or, if you’re in the southern hemisphere, give it a couple of months.) This...

Greenland eager to welcome tourists

Greenland eager to welcome tourists

NUUK, Greenland July 2: Greenland has a message for the rest of the world: We're waiting for you. "Come visit Greenland," said Nukartaa Andreassen, who works for a water taxi company in the capital city, Nuuk. "Learn about it, learn about us. We...

“The climate movement is much less naive now”

“The climate movement is much less naive now”

Linus Steinmetz in an interview with Jörg Döbereiner International headlines in recent months have been dominated by the conflicts in the Middle East, Kashmir and Ukraine. Multiple column inches and minutes of airtime have also been devoted to US...

Climate scientist warns Earth is approaching tipping points that could reshape the planet

Climate scientist warns Earth is approaching tipping points that could reshape the planet

Human-driven warming has pushed multiple Earth systems dangerously close to irreversible tipping points, but social and technological momentum could still steer the planet toward recovery. Jonathan Watts reports for The Guardian. In short: Timothy...

Greenland wants to welcome new tourists. Just maybe not Trump

Greenland wants to welcome new tourists. Just maybe not Trump

Greenland is extending an open invitation to the world, urging visitors to discover its unique culture and breathtaking landscapes. The mineral-rich Arctic island is actively promoting tourism, eager to share its distinct identity beyond recent...

Melting Glaciers Could Set Off Volcanoes in Chain Reaction, Scientists Sound Chilling Alarm

Melting Glaciers Could Set Off Volcanoes in Chain Reaction, Scientists Sound Chilling Alarm

Last Updated:July 08, 2025, 18:32 IST Ice cover delays volcanic eruptions, allowing magma to build up heat and pressure underground. When released, this leads to far more powerful and destructive explosions The most significant threat comes from...

Greenland has a message for the rest of the world: Come visit

Greenland has a message for the rest of the world: Come visit

NUUK – Greenland has a message for the rest of the world: We’re waiting for you. “Come visit Greenland,” said Nukartaa Andreassen, who works for a water taxi company in the capital city, Nuuk. “Learn about it, learn about us. We love to have you....

Europe’s Heatwaves and Drought Are Demanding Urgent Global Climate Action

Europe’s Heatwaves and Drought Are Demanding Urgent Global Climate Action

Extreme heat and worsening drought conditions are gripping large parts of Europe, fueling wildfires and prompting urgent weather alerts across multiple countries. RELATED: Glacier Collapse Buries Swiss Village That Voted Against Climate Change...

Inuit Climate Policy Futures: From Seeing to Sensing

Inuit Climate Policy Futures: From Seeing to Sensing

Climate Science and Indigenous knowledge: a Model for “Two-Eyed Seeing” As climate change accelerates, so does the need for diverse ways of understanding its impacts. Western scientific methodologies have traditionally emphasized quantitative,...

Denmark’s pro-climate, anti-migrant PM

Denmark’s pro-climate, anti-migrant PM

Welcome to the Capitals by Eddy Wax, with Nicoletta Ionta. We welcome feedback and tips here. Sign up here. In today’s edition: Meet Mette Frederiksen Von der Leyen's no-confidence vote Growing pressure from Renew, S&D A Russian sub off France No...

Drizzly Weather For Reykjavík This Week

Drizzly Weather For Reykjavík This Week

A low-pressure system migrating north from the Greenland Sea is expected to influence weather over Reykjavík and much of western Iceland today. The Icelandic Meteorological Office reports southerly winds of 5–10 m/s across the region and patches...

Climate Warrior Leonardo DiCaprio Attends Bezos Wedding As 90 Private Jets Fly Into Sinking City

Climate Warrior Leonardo DiCaprio Attends Bezos Wedding As 90 Private Jets Fly Into Sinking City

Famous leading man and prominent climate activist Leonardo DiCaprio attended Jeff Bezos’s wedding in Venice on Friday, during which time over 90 private jets reportedly flew into the city, according to The Guardian. Photographers captured...

Shipping containers at the Greenland Terminal in the port at Brevik, Norway.

Shipping containers at the Greenland Terminal in the port at Brevik, Norway.

The European Free Trade Association of Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland concluded negotiations on a free-trade agreement with South America’s Mercosur countries in a push for more transatlantic commerce. The FTA will “remove or...

Electronic duo combine Arctic soundscapes and indigenous music to spotlight climate crisis

Electronic duo combine Arctic soundscapes and indigenous music to spotlight climate crisis

A new album and art installation by Northern Irish electronic music duo Bicep combines Arctic field recordings and indigenous-inspired music to document the effects of climate change. Titled Takkuuk — an Inuit-language word meaning “look” — the...

How to Access NASA’s Climate Data — And How It’s Powering the Fight Against Climate Change Pt. 1

How to Access NASA’s Climate Data — And How It’s Powering the Fight Against Climate Change Pt. 1

I can’t think of a more important dataset. Just today, I saw a headline like this: ‘Heat Waves Are Getting More Dangerous with Climate Change.’ You can’t say we haven’t been warned. In 1988, we saw headlines like this: ‘Global Warming Has Begun,...

France's Macron to visit Greenland on June 15

France's Macron to visit Greenland on June 15

French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Greenland on June 15 and meet both Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, his presidency said in a statement on Saturday. The talks between the...

Trump’s New Favorite General

Trump’s New Favorite General

The moment was quickly overshadowed by other events—first an airline disaster in India, then the outbreak of war between Israel and Iran—but it was nevertheless noteworthy. On June 11, General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,...

‘Seeing climate change like this, it changes you’: dance duo Bicep on making a new project in Greenland

‘Seeing climate change like this, it changes you’: dance duo Bicep on making a new project in Greenland

Russell glacier, at the edge of Greenland’s vast ice sheet, sounds as if it’s crying: moans emanate from deep within the slowly but inexorably melting ice. Andy Ferguson, one half of dance duo Bicep, walks around in its towering shadow recording...

World News | Greenland Has Message for Rest of the World: Come Visit

World News | Greenland Has Message for Rest of the World: Come Visit

Nuuk (Greenland), Jul 1 (AP) Greenland has a message for the rest of the world: We're waiting for you. “Come visit Greenland,” said Nukartaa Andreassen, who works for a water taxi company in the capital city, Nuuk. “Learn about it, learn about us....

Greenland stages ‘an elegant protest’ against Trump in Washington

Greenland stages ‘an elegant protest’ against Trump in Washington

A drum beats in the thick Washington heat. It’s 6.30pm on a weekday night, and guests are sweltering in the living room of the Danish ambassador’s residence near Georgetown. Musicians clad in brightly coloured capes, feathers and seal skin sway as...

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