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Look at any map pinned to a classroom wall, and you’ll notice that Greenland seems particularly large. It’s true that the landmass isn’t exactly small, but its true size is nowhere near that ...
Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks on the familiar flat world map. It's certainly not a small island: It's about ...
NASA scientists rediscovered an abandoned U.S. nuclear base that lies entombed beneath at least 100 feet of ice.
DONALD Trump has doubled down on his intention to acquire Greenland when he is president, and this map shows why he is so keen. The incoming president has long argued the icy land should come ...
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., declared on CNN Monday that the average middle American probably has no idea where Greenland is on a world map. Appearing on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Coons made the ...
The southern portion of Greenland is rich in a number of minerals, including widely used metals and several deposits of rare earths (in red on the above map). According to a 2023 report ...
"If you divide all of the ice-free areas of Greenland, you can probably fit 200 map sheets of a one to 100,000 scale," Find Kokfelt says. When the geologists did the maths, they realised it would ...
"Trump has really put Greenland on the map. The infrastructure is being developed dramatically. The way Greenland is seen, they way it is accessed, how the entire economy looks – all that is ...
For strategic and resource reasons, Greenland looms large in the imagination of President Donald Trump. But geographically, the island doesn't loom quite as large as you might think. Centuries of ...