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Falling ice accelerates Greenland glacier retreat
Summary: Iceberg calving – when large chunks of ice break off a glacier and plunge into the sea – is a major driver of Greenland’s rapid ice loss. A new study published in Nature reveals that the impact of falling ice does more than create...

African Union takes up fight to correct Mercator map
for the AU, the aim is to correct centuries of cartographic distortion and, in doing so, restore Africa's rightful place on the map, literally and politically. [Getty] For centuries, Africa has been misrepresented, not just in trade or colonial...

Now the Germans want to BUY Mallorca! Political group puts forward cheeky proposal - and it's immediately compared to Trump's bid to buy Greenland
By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 11:05 EDT, 14 August 2025 | Updated: 11:16 EDT, 14 August 2025 The youth wing of a German political party has put forward a cheeky and audacious proposal to buy the entire Spanish island of...

Melting Greenland glaciers are encouraging growth of tiny ocean organisms
Science News Melting glaciers in Greenland are kicking up nutrients for ocean life. The impact on the ecosystem is complex. Plotting ocean current swirls allows scientists to track phytoplankton growth. (Image Credit: NASA SVS). New Delhi: The...

Putin’s final plan and Europe
A serious phenomenon of our time is the deep aversion that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have for Europe. Trump’s relationship with Putin goes deeper than a simple sympathy between leaders of two superpowers. However, there is a fundamental...

'60 Minutes' program propaganda for greedy Australian mining company and Trump’s Greenland takeover
Mariane Paviasen Jensen, a Greenland MP for the Inuit Ataqatigiit party and prominent environmentalist, has described a 60 Minutes Australia program shown on Channel Nine on August 10 as a “propaganda broadcast” for an Australian mining company...

All the News That’s Fit: Microscopic mercury foe, butter records and the longest-lived animal
For The Union-Tribune Mercury microbe Human activities like coal burning and gold mining can cause mercury pollution in the air, which eventually settles into water, where it is absorbed into the food chain and results in the risk of mercury...
Greenlandic Top Diplomat in the US: "Now, Everybody Knows about Greenland"
On a broader note, how is the Greenlandic government now working in navigating international politics? "We are cooperating with our closest friends. The newly elected government has clearly stated that our closest partner is the government of...

Mark Hamill Says He Wanted to Leave U.S. Due to Trump, but Won’t be Forced Out by ‘That Son of a Bitch’
The actor asked his wife to choose between London and Ireland to relocate after the president was reelected Mark Hamill has long been a critic of President Donald Trump. So much so, he, like many others, considered moving abroad permanently...
Greenland Resources Announces Follow-On Closing of a $1.5 Million Financing
This news release contains “forward-looking information” (also referred to as “forward looking statements”), which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management’s current expectations and assumptions. Often, but not always,...

The Prime Minister of Denmark Gets Israel All Wrong
Madam Prime Minister, You have declared recently that your Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, is “a problem”; that the current Israeli government is acting against the interests of Israel; and that you intend to push for sanctions against...

Geoengineering and Flights of Fancy
Geoengineering in the form of modifying the weather happens. It can save decimation of farmer livelihoods by mitigating droughts, and it can risk the global food supply by reducing crop growth. Like nuclear fission, it’s useful in the hands of...
Sharks Are Older Than the Literal North Star, Which Seems Wrong
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Sharks are older than a surprising amount of things, both on Earth and in the rest of the universe....
Southwest in a ‘mega-drying’ zone due to groundwater loss, study finds
Nevada, the driest state in the nation, is only getting drier as the region’s supply of groundwater quickly disappears. The American Southwest – including Arizona, New Mexico, and portions of Nevada, Colorado, Utah and California – is linked to...

The Nonsense Narrative Of Climate Change As An Existential Crisis
The issue of climate narratives is something very much on my mind these days. Two years ago I wrote about five climate change narratives (Scientific, Skeptical, Doomsday, Opportunistic, and Moral) and three months ago I wrote that we need a new...

Mark Hamill Wanted to Leave the U.S. Then His Wife Called Him Out for Being ‘Forced Out’ by Donald Trump: ‘That Son of a Bitch. I’m Not Leaving’
Mark Hamill revealed in a recent interview with The Times of London that he told his wife to choose between moving to London or Ireland after Donald Trump was re-elected U.S. president in November 2024. Several celebrities, from Rosie O’Donnell to...

Trump's Election Almost Convinced Mark Hamill To Make Extreme Move
LOADINGERROR LOADING The “Star Wars” icon and staunch Trump critic opened up about his plan in an interview with The Times of London published on Saturday, revealing how he considered the expat life before his wife, Marilou York, shrewdly...

Last chance tourism: Raising awareness or hastening damage?
Who wouldn’t want to experience one of the world’s most pristine yet rapidly vanishing places and share its story years from now? A woman takes a picture of the Rhone glacier amid climate change in Obergoms, Switzerland(Photo: REUTERS/Bernadett...

Love, Take Two Episode 5 Air Date, Preview, Spoilers, and More
Love, Take Two episode 5 will air on tvN on Tuesday (August 19) at 8:50 PM KST. Jung Moon Hee's true identity and backstory will be revealed in the upcoming chapter. According to the production team, the story will be even more engaging with the...

‘Revolutionary’ seafloor fiber sensing reveals how falling ice drives glacial retreat in Greenland
As glaciers melt, huge chunks of ice break free and splash into the sea, generating tsunami-size waves and leaving behind a powerful wake as they drift away. This process, called calving, is important for researchers to understand. But the front...