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Greenland

A small, remote settlement with a blue house and a red building on a rocky shoreline, surrounded by icy waters and mountains in the background, with icebergs floating in the sea.

‘Abandoned’ settlement in Greenland still hums with life

Community

Along Greenland’s coastline, small villages became ghost towns decades ago after the Danish government relocated their populations to larger cities. In some, though, communities have been reclaimed as summer getaways for former residents and their descendants.

A discussion about Denmark’s forced IUD program for Greenlandic Inuit women and girls

Reproductive rights

Greenlanders largely want independence, but think it’ll be a long road to get there

Global Politics

Amid influx of tourists, Greenland’s capital sees strained infrastructure

Business, Economics and Jobs
In front of a floor-to-ceiling glass door in the living room of Najannguac Dalgård Christensen, necklaces with amulets carved out of bone and seal claws dangle from a coat hanger.

Healing old wounds: The revival of Greenlandic Inuit tattoos in Denmark

Lifestyle & Belief
Two people are shown in shadow running toward an ambulance with red brake lights on in the rain.

Brazil exceeds 4,000 daily COVID-19 deaths, India sees record infections

Top of The World

Top of The World: For the first time on Tuesday, Brazil became the third nation to report a daily COVID-19 death rate exceeding 4,000. And, an Iranian ship identified as the Saviz was damaged by an alleged Israeli mine attack. Also, initial voting results in Greenland are in after Tuesday’s parliamentary election that captured global attention.

A small crowd of people are shown examining green ballots next to rows of boxes.

Main opposition party against mining wins Greenland election

Politics

Greenland’s main opposition party wins parliamentary election after securing more than a third of the votes. The Community of the People party is against an international mining project involving uranium and other metals.

Remnants of ancient Greenland tundra were preserved in soil beneath the ice sheet.

Ancient leaves preserved under a mile of Greenland’s ice – and lost in a freezer for years – hold lessons about climate change

Climate Change

This ancient ecosystem showed that the ice sheet had melted to the ground in northern Greenland within the past million years.

A polar bear is shown in the distance standing on a piece of ice among a large grouping of flat floating ice pieces.

How the Trump administration’s climate denial left its mark on the Arctic Council

Talk of global warming was out, and relations among the eight countries that make up the council, once a highly collaborative group and a steady force for climate action, became dysfunctional.

A vast, white sheet of ice

Rapid ice melt and sea-level rise will be part of our global future — no matter what

Climate Change

The Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are melting at alarming rates due to climate change and will continue to do so for decades — even if the Paris climate agreement goals are met.

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