Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern ...

While researchers lose sleep over the rapidly melting ice sheets in the poles, studies suggest it is how history is repeating ...

Weel ah ne’er – that’s ‘well I never’ for Sassenach’s like you (probably) and me (since I moved to England aged 1¾) – Rabbie Burns ...

Here’s why Greenland has always remained out of reach—and why it always mattered so much. Uummannaq, a tiny town on a remote island in northwest Greenland, sits 600 kilometers north of the ...

Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today? Greenland is the world’s largest non-continental island, and it takes up space rent-free in President Donald Trump’s head. Since 2019 ...

President Donald Trump has now made it abundantly clear that his desire for the U.S. to acquire Greenland is not simply a passing flight of fancy. American economic and security interests in ...

Record heat and rain turned thousands of Greenland lakes brown in 2022 as they hit a tipping point and began emitting carbon dioxide. Thousands of Greenland's crystal-clear blue lakes have turned ...

The acquisition of Greenland by the United States, as proposed by President Donald Trump, continues to make waves on the other side of the Atlantic as a Danish politician became the latest voice ...

Greenland is important because of its untapped natural resources, and because its location commands the Arctic. As the ice melts, North America is gaining a new frontier with Russia, prompting a ...

While American expansion hasn’t been discussed much in recent times, the proposal to buy Greenland makes more sense if one understands the history of the Arctic. Buying the island would aim to ...

Donald Trump has suggested he might like to take over Canada and Greenland. While we’re re-imagining the geography of the Western Hemisphere, why not consider the advantages, both for it and for us, ...