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Greenland

May 2024

  • David King

    Humanity’s survival is still within our grasp – just. But only if we take these radical steps

    David King
    Reduce emissions, build resilience, repair ecosystems, remove greenhouse gases: these are the four Rs that can save us, says David King, chair of the global Climate Crisis Advisory Group

April 2024

  • A two-storey building in a snowy landscape with a steeply pitched roof  and all its windows aglow with light

    The Guardian picture essay
    Juliette Pavy: Sony World Photographer of the Year 2024

    The prestigious Photographer of the Year title has been awarded to Juliette Pavy for her series Spiralkampagnen: Forced Contraception and Unintended Sterilisation of Greenlandic Women
  • A woman and child hold hands as they walk on a street in the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, with red buildings, the sea and snowy mountains in the background

    Today in Focus
    The chilling policy to cut Greenland’s high birth rate

    In the 1960s the birthrate in Greenland was one of the world’s highest. Then it plunged. Women are now speaking out about what happened
  • From the series Soon Will Summer be Over, 2023.

    My best shot
    Sunshine at midnight on the arctic tundra: Inuuteq Storch’s best photograph

    ‘This was taken in Qaanaaq, one of the world’s most northern cities. It gets 24-hour sun during the summer months. I went because my name originates there’

March 2024

  • An Inuit mother and girls in traditional costume in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland, in 2010.

    ‘I was only a child’: Greenlandic women tell of trauma of forced contraception

  • A mural of a woman and a polar bear on the side of a block of flats in an urban area lit up after dusk

    ‘Get on a plane’: Danish minister urged to meet Greenland coil scandal women

  • A woman in a red jacket stands at a podium with a bright blue backdrop

    Von der Leyen heads to Greenland as EU seeks materials for green transition

  • A street in a town in Greenland on a sunny day.

    Greenlandic women sue Danish state for contraceptive ‘violation’

February 2024

  • Person viewing vegetation next to Greenland ice sheet

    Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheet

    Research shows there has been a near-quadrupling across Greenland of methane-producing wetlands

January 2024

  • A double-hulled, twin-masted Polynesian sailing canoe about 19 metres long

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Off the charts: how a Polynesian canoe inspired a renaissance in traditional seafaring

    The Hōkūleʻa’s oceanic voyages, navigated by the stars, have led other Indigenous people to revive their own ancient traditions – and serve as a call to action on the climate
  • Aerial view of icebergs in Greenland

    Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals

    Total is 20% higher than thought and may have implications for collapse of globally important north Atlantic ocean currents
  • Malik, RemasterDirector

    Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE

    Arctic Ice argues its rare, pure product can be part of Greenland’s green transition and greater independence

December 2023

  • Ice chunks scattered across the North Cove of the Antarctic ocean as a low sun beams fading light over the landscape.

    Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn

    Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms

October 2023

  • Icebergs near Ilulissat, Greenland.

    Weatherwatch
    At what threshold is Greenland ice cap’s melting irreversible?

  • A woman pushes a pram along a road in western Greenland with ice and sea in the background.

    Greenlandic women plan to sue Danish state over historical contraceptive ‘violation’

September 2023

  • The Ocean Explorer, a luxury cruise ship, in Alpefjord, Greenland.

    Luxury cruise ship freed after running aground in Greenland

    Ocean Explorer pulled free by fishing trawler after being stuck in mud and silt since Monday
  • A view of the Ocean Explorer, a Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship with 206 passengers and crew, which has run aground in northwestern Greenland, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. The 104.4-meter (343-foot) long and 18-meter (60 foot) wide Ocean Explorer ran aground on Monday in Alpefjord in the Northeast Greenland National Park. It's the world’s largest and most northerly national park and is known for icebergs and the musk oxen that roam the coast. According to authorities no one on board was in danger and no damage has been reported. (SIRIUS/Joint Arctic Command via AP)

    Three passengers with Covid on board cruise ship grounded off Greenland

    Passengers in isolation with virus as Ocean Explorer remains stuck in Alpefjord national park
  • The Ocean Explorer, a Bahamas-flagged Norwegian ship, remained stuck even after high tide.

    Cruise ship runs aground in Greenland with 206 passengers onboard

    There are no reports of injuries on the Ocean Explorer, which was grounded in the remote Northeast Greenland National Park

May 2023

  • Eight-thousand-year-old marine deposits, exposed by the slow rise of Greenland after the last ice age. The cliffs are about 15 metres high

    Rock ‘flour’ from Greenland can capture significant CO2, study shows

  • Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam

    Greenlandic MP refuses to speak Danish in parliament debate

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