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Borgen is back – what the series gets right (and wrong) about Danish politics

The political drama Borgen first aired in Denmark in 2010. It soon became clear that its creator, Adam Price, had an uncanny ability to predict and, at times, influence political events in the real Christiansborg Palace, the seat of Danish parliament. Borgen began with centrist politician Birgitte Nyborg becoming Denmark’s…

The Conversation

Air Greenland forced to operate 10-hour flight to nowhere

Passengers ended up back where they started

The Independent UK

‘Secret’ population of polar bears living in seemingly impossible habitat

‘They are the most genetically isolated polar bears in the world’

The Independent UK

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In a place with little sea ice, polar bears have found another way to hunt

An isolated population of polar bears in southeast Greenland has learned to hunt on freshwater glacier ice. That means they may be able to survive longer as climate change makes sea ice scarce.

WEKU

Shaky oasis for some polar bears found, but not for species

Scientists say they've found a group of polar bears in Southeast Greenland that seem to have have stumbled on an icy oasis that might allow their small distinct population to hang on

The Independent UK

Polar bear population found in Greenland that relies on glaciers rather than sea ice

The new discovery may point the way to preserving some polar bears as the Arctic warms.

Axios

Polar bears found thriving despite lack of sea ice offer hope for species

Researchers say isolated group in south-east Greenland have clung on thanks to freshwater discharge from glaciers

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Canada, Denmark settle ownership of an Arctic island after 49 years

Hans Island is just a desolate, kidney shaped piece of rock in the Arctic. But for 49 years, it has been the source of a rare territorial dispute for Canada because it sits right in the middle of the international boundary between that country and Greenland, an autonomous territory of…

Bangkok Post

Canada and Denmark end decades-long dispute over barren rock in Arctic

Hans Island ‘whisky war’ – described by some as a ‘pseudo-confrontation’ – ends after formal division agreed

The Guardian - UK

That’s how to solve an international row: Canada and Denmark agree to split disputed Arctic island

It sends ‘an important signal now that there is much war and unrest in the world,’ says Danish PM

The Independent UK

A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia

Climate change is slowing down the conveyor belt of ocean currents that brings warm water from the tropics up to the North Atlantic. Our research, published today in Nature Climate Change, looks at the profound consequences to global climate if this Atlantic conveyor collapses entirely.

The Conversation

How to stop sea level rise at its source

'Ninety percent of ice flowing to the sea from the Antarctic ice sheet, and about half of that lost from Greenland, travels in narrow, fast ice streams measuring tens of kilometres or less across. Stemming the largest flows would allow the ice sheets to thicken, slowing or even reversing their…

Bangkok Post

The last hunt? Future in peril for ‘the unicorn of the sea’

Scientists want to protect narwhals, but local people who hunt them say their traditions are being ignored

The Guardian - UK

Borgen review – this antidote to real-life politics is like The West Wing 2022

The Danish political drama is a breath of fresh air, given the unbearableness of Westminster. How lovely to have it back

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Melting permafrost could expose millions to invisible cancer-causing gas

Scientists are working to map out the risks of the permafrost thaw, which could expose millions of people to radon, an invisible cancer-causing gas

The Guardian - UK

‘Nature doesn’t fix itself fast’: Greenland weighs up economy v. climate crisis

As the island eyes tourism and mining it is also mindful of controlling the cost

The Guardian - UK

How the climate crisis is changing Greenland’s weather

Winters are long and cold, but summer temperatures in the high 20s are now being recorded

The Guardian - AU

Google doodle marks Earth Day 2022 with stark images of climate crisis

Time-lapse satellite images show glacial retreat at Mount Kilimanjaro, Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching, deforestation in Germany and Greenland glacial melt

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Zenger

Aliens May Be Living In The Icy Shell Of Jupiter’s Tiny Moon Europa, According To New Research

The finding is based on an analysis of symmetrical landforms called double ridges.

Reuters

Greenland's ruling left-wing party forms new government coalition with social democrats

Greenland's ruling left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit party (IA) has formed a new government coalition with the social democratic Siumut party, Prime Minister Mute Egede said at a news briefing on Monday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Drought Kicked Out Vikings from Greenland, New Study Finds

One of the great mysteries of late medieval history is why the Norse (people who inhabited the now Scandinavian countries including Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland) had abandoned southern Greenland where they established successful settlements. The consensus view has long been that colder temperatures, associated with the Little Ice Age,…

Reuters

Denmark says sorry for taking Greenland children in 1950s social experiment

Denmark's prime minister on Wednesday delivered a face-to-face apology to six living victims of a 1950s social experiment in which 22 Greenlandic children were taken from their families and sent to Denmark to be integrated into Danish society.

Benzinga

Greenland Partners With Princeton NuEnergy For Recycling Of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Greenland Technologies Holding Corp (NASDAQ:GTEC) has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Princeton NuEnergy Inc to recycle lithium-ion batteries. Princeton NuEnergy is a technology developer focused on developing second-life battery solutions and closed-loop lithium-ion battery recycling. These batteries are used in Greenland's electric industrial vehicles, including electric forklifts, electric loaders, and electric…

The Guardian - UK

Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie review – the call of the cold

A new translation of the writer’s 1960s journey from Togo to the Arctic is a window into a lost time

The Guardian - UK

Breaking the ice: one man’s epic journey from Togo to Greenland

In 1965, Teté-Michel Kpomassie left his African homeland for a new life in Greenland, swapping sunny beaches for icy fjords and spiced food for boiled seal. Now, at 80, he’s planning to retire to his ‘spiritual home’

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