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Global powers eye Greenland’s rare earth minerals and strategic Arctic position
Malay Mail
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June 15, 2025
COPENHAGEN, June 15 — Greenland, which President Donald Trump wants to annex for US national and international security needs, is an ice-covered self-governing Danish territory in the Arctic. Today, French President Emmanuel Macron will become the...
Macron visits Greenland to signal European resolve after Trump annexation threats
KFGO - North Dakota
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June 14, 2025
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Greenland on Sunday, in a show of solidarity with Denmark meant to send a signal of European resolve after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to take over the island....
“Not for sale”: Macron rebukes Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland
Natural News
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June 14, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron declared that Greenland, Antarctica and the high seas are "not for sale" – directly opposing Trump's interest in acquiring Greenland. He framed this as a defense of international law and environmental protection....
Mercury from centuries-old pollution still circulating in oceans, study finds
The Hill - Washington D.C.
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June 12, 2025
Toxins released by long-extinguished fossil fuel fires and gold smelters are showing up in the bodies of Arctic wildlife, according to new research pointing to mercury released by pollution hundreds of years ago still circulating in ocean...
Macron Heads to Greenland in Strategic Push Against US Influence
News Central TV
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June 14, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to visit Greenland on Sunday, in what his office describes as a show of European solidarity and a move to ensure that the autonomous Danish territory does not fall prey to growing geopolitical interest,...
France's Macron to visit Greenland to stop US 'preying' on it
The Manila Times
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June 14, 2025
PARIS, France — French President Emmanuel Macron is to visit Greenland on Sunday to ensure there is "no preying" on the autonomous Danish territory, the first such trip by a foreign leader since US President Donald Trump's threats to seize it....
Macron warns US against preying on Greenland ahead of historic visit
Punch
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June 14, 2025
French President, Emmanuel Macron, is to visit Greenland on Sunday to ensure there is “no preying” on the autonomous Danish territory, the first such trip by a foreign leader since US President Donald Trump’s threats to seize it. “I’m going to...
Study shows mercury levels in arctic wildlife could rise for centuries
The Straits Times
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June 14, 2025
Levels of mercury in Arctic wildlife could continue to rise significantly even as countries curb their emissions, a new study suggests. Researchers analysed more than 700 samples of fish, mammals and peat collected across Greenland over the past...
Sub-National Island Jurisdictions Unite to Boost Climate Finance Access and Marine Conservation Efforts
Win Media SKN
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June 14, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN)—Representatives from Sub-National Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs), territories with varying degrees of autonomy linked to larger sovereign states, gathered to spotlight their critical role in global marine...
Icelandair and Visit Greenland Renew Partnership Amid Expanded Nuuk Connectivity
Adventure Travel News
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June 14, 2025
As the first MAX 737 landed this week from Keflavik to Nuuk, marking an increase in capacity for flights to Greenland, Icelandair and Visit Greenland are pleased to announce the renewal of their long-standing partnership. Through a newly signed...
What Happened to Nigeria’s Environmentalists?
Foreign Policy
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On Thursday, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu pardoned and bestowed a national honor on environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa 30 years after his execution. It’s the first time that Nigeria’s government has acknowledged Saro-Wiwa, who was a global...
New Climate Study Highlights Dire Sea Level Warnings
Inside Climate News
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June 13, 2025
A new set of detailed clues gleaned from ancient fossil reefs on the Seychelle Islands shows an increasing likelihood that human-caused warming will raise the global average sea level at least 3 feet by 2100, at the high end of the projections by...
Lightning strikes the Arctic: What will it mean for the Far North?
Canada's National Observer
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July 7, 2025
In general, a warmer world is expected to be a stormier world. But the precise impacts that climate change will have on thunderstorms and lightning remain a matter of scientific debate. Getting a handle on this is important for a host of reasons....
US has contingency plans to invade Greenland and Panama, Hegseth reveals
The Independent
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June 13, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Opinion | Today Tuvalu, tomorrow the world
Witness
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July 9, 2025
Some big changes arrive with a bang, but usually they sort of sneak in and you barely notice them at first. Last month’s big change saw the creation of the world’s first climate-change visas. It’s a way of giving potential climate refugees some...
The Critical Research That Unlocks Our Climate’s Past and Future May Be on Thin Ice
Mother Jones
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June 13, 2025
Vito Ansaldi Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. To the untrained eye, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Ice Core Facility in Lakewood, Colorado, doesn’t look like...
Study: Centuries-old mercury pollution threatens Arctic wildlife
United Press International (UPI)
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June 12 (UPI) -- Mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife are on the rise despite reductions in mercury release, according to a new study published Thursday. Researchers from Aarhus University and the University of Copenhagen found that ocean...
Rewrite Centuries-old mercury pollution hidden in the ocean threatens arctic wildlife this news headline for the science magazine post
Bioengineer.org
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June 12, 2025
image: Mercury (Hg) is an environmental concern in the Arctic, where high concentrations are found in top predators such as polar bears and toothed whales. Despite declining atmospheric Hg emissions since the 1970s, increasing trends are still...
SNIJs announce intl. coalition to increase representation, access to climate finance
The Daily Herald
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Press conference at the 3rd UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, with from left: James Ellsmoor, Chief Executive Officer of Island Innovation; Vannesa Toré, Director of Foreign Economic Cooperation for the Ministry of Economic Development,...
Record high temperatures hit Greenland and Iceland, Copernicus Observatory warns
MercoPress
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Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 09:42 UTC In addition, oceans showed in May the second warmest month in recent history Greenland experienced a melting rate 17 times faster than average last month due to record-high temperatures, while Iceland saw...