On a flat map, Greenland looks like a lonely white expanse at the top of the world. On the right projections, it jumps out as ...

As the Earth warms, new shipping routes from one side of the globe to the other are opening around Greenland, making the vast ...

New satellite records capture how polar ice sheets slide toward the sea, helping scientists better understand ice loss and ...

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...

Greenland looks like a frozen blank on most maps, yet beneath its ice lies a resource story that could reshape global energy ...

As the White House looks to take control of Greenland, US President Donald Trump is eyeing not just a strategic foothold in ...

Ice, ironically, defines Greenland. Up to almost two miles thick in places, the ice that envelops the austerely beautiful island determines its ecology, its economy and its culture. What scientists ...

A huge flood triggered by the rapid draining of a lake beneath the Greenland ice sheet occurred with such force that it fractured the ice above and burst out across its surface. This phenomenon, ...