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“Unprecedented Natural Disaster Strikes”: A 650-Foot Mega-Tsunami Sends Seismic Waves Circling the Globe
Sustainability Times
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June 11, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🌊 On September 16, 2023, a massive landslide in Greenland’s Dickson Fjord unleashed a 650-foot mega-tsunami, creating a global seismic event. 🛰️ Advanced satellite technology, like the SWOT mission, is enhancing our ability to study...
How Greenland Emerges as New Arctic Escape for American and Canadian Tourists, Fueling a Surge in Polar Travel, Latest Update You Need To Know
Routes
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Greenland is no longer a forgotten icy frontier. Instead, Greenland emerges as a new Arctic escape, pulling in curious American and Canadian tourists looking to rewrite the meaning of travel. The world’s largest island is suddenly on the...
Greenland’s Ice Sheet Collapse Could Be Closer Than We Think
Scientific American
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June 17, 2025
This story was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. Inside a tent fastened to the surface of Greenland’s ice sheet, the members of the GreenDrill expedition huddled around a drilling rig. The machine whined and shook as it spun. For days...
Climate Change Unleashed a Hidden Wave That Triggered a Planetary Tremor
ZME Science
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June 18, 2025
Picture of the area of the landslide, taken from the fjord, August 2023. (Photo: Søren Rysgaard). On September 16, 2023, seismologists around the globe picked up an unusual signal: a gentle tremor repeating every 90 seconds. It lasted for nine...
Sino-Russian Cooperation in the Arctic
CEPA
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July 8, 2025
Executive Summary Russia and China have been displaying increased military and security cooperation at the fringe of the Arctic, including through the organization of joint drills and overflights. It is not excluded that both countries will seek...
Minerals, Like Oil, Will Drive the Wars and Conflict this Century
Occupy.com
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July 8, 2025
This century, minerals will have the same power to drive wars, social and ecological conflicts as oil did last century. This was predicted in an internal Canadian Defence Department document from 2022. Three years on, it seems no exaggeration....
U.S.-Backed Drilling Initiative Targets Rare Earth Expansion in Greenland
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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June 23, 2025
Key Takeaways Critical Metals signs $2M drilling contract as part of broader push to expand Greenland’s Tanbreez rare earth resource. Program follows a $120M LOI from the U.S. Export-Import Bank, signaling Washington’s strategic interest. Infill...
Water and ice may reveal where rare earth elements are hiding
Earth.com
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We hear about minerals all the time. Lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, and rare earth elements appear in the news almost every week. These minerals power phones, electric cars, and military equipment. Countries want them, companies want them, and...
Cold spot in the Atlantic could signal big trouble for global climate
Earth.com
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For over 100 years, the North Atlantic has hosted an anomaly. South of Greenland lies a patch of cool ocean water. This region, called the North Atlantic Warming Hole (NAWH), defies global warming. Scientists long debated its cause. A new study...
Melting Glaciers Could Set Off Volcanoes in Chain Reaction, Scientists Sound Chilling Alarm
News18
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July 8, 2025
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...
Climate change cited in Iceland, Greenland heat wave
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 15, 2025
Human-caused climate change boosted Iceland and Greenland's temperatures by several degrees during a record-setting May heat wave, raising concerns about the far-reaching implications melting Arctic ice has for weather around the world, scientists...
Canada and Iceland mark 150 years of deepening ties rooted in Manitoba
Winnipeg Sun
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July 8, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Manitoba Published Jul 08, 2025 • Last updated 5 minutes ago • 4 minute read Canada’s Ambassador to Iceland, Jenny Hill, will visit Manitoba for the first time this summer to mark the 150th anniversary of Icelandic...
BBC weather forecaster Derek Brockway spots 13C temperature plunge at Welsh resort as heatwave ends
Wales Online
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June 22, 2025
Temperatures have taken a sharp dip across Wales this week as the recent mini-heatwave came to an abrupt end, making way for cooler, wetter weather. After days of sunshine and highs of 30°C in parts of the country, forecasters are now warning of...
Century-long slowdown of Atlantic circulation explains cold patch south of Greenland
Muser Press
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June 22, 2025
Summary: A persistent patch of cold water south of Greenland, long known as the North Atlantic Warming Hole, has defied the global trend of ocean warming and raised questions about its origins. A new study published in Communications Earth &...
Arctic ownership and sustainability issues
Oman Observer
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June 22, 2025
The Arctic is the northernmost region of the Earth, centered at the North Pole. It is a vast polar region at the top of the world. Unlike many individual geographical regions, it is not a country or a continent but an extensive area of the Arctic...
Greenland isn't for sale. Americans are coming anyway
USA Today - Virginia
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Trump has pledged to "get Greenland" from Denmark for reasons of national security. On June 14, United Airlines will begin direct U.S.-Greenland flights, making it far easier for Americans to visit. Ilulissat, known for its UNESCO world heritage...
Climate futures: What’s ahead for our world beyond 1.5°C of warming?
Mongabay
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June 12, 2025
This two-part Mongabay mini-series examines the current status of the climate emergency, how the global community is likely to respond and what lies ahead for Earth systems and humanity as the planet almost inevitably warms beyond the crucial 1.5°...
Mineral-rich Greenland says it doesn't want to become a great mining nation. Here's why
CNBC
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June 20, 2025
Greenland's minister for business and mineral resources Naaja Nathanielsen speaks during an interview with AFP in her office in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025. Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty Images Greenland has little interest in harnessing its...
Humanity could be just 3 years away from crossing a dire climate threshold, report warns
LiveScience
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June 20, 2025
Record greenhouse gas emissions could exhaust Earth's "carbon budget" in as little as three years, dooming the planet to breach the symbolic threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.6 degrees Fahrenheit) warming. Global warming of 2 C (3.6 F) is...
Trump’s New Favorite General
The Atlantic
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July 8, 2025
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,...