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Temperatures reached 8.3C in Qaanaaq, well above the average for December (File pic)

Temperatures 28C above average in parts of Greenland

Temperatures have soared in Greenland recently, the Danish Meteorological Institute said, in line with warming trends experts have linked to global warming.

World • 22 Dec 21

Melting from Greenland's ice sheet has caused around 25% of global sea level rise over the last few decades (File pic)

Rain falls at Greenland ice summit for first time

Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, scientists said.

World • 20 Aug 21

Oil exploration has taken place since the 1970s

Greenland ends unsuccessful 50-year bid to produce oil

Greenland has ended its 50-year ambition to become an oil producing nation, after announcing it would suspend a strategy of searching for oil and would stop granting exploration licences.

Business • 16 Jul 21

A reduction in the amount of fresh, light-colored snow leaves more old and dark snow exposed on the surface, which in turn causes the ice sheet to absorb more heat and melt faster (file pic)

Greenland becoming darker due to changing snowfall

Greenland is becoming darker and warmer due to a weather pattern that is pushing fresh snowfall away from its ice sheet, a study has found.

Climate Change • 17 May 21

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen apologised

Denmark apologises for children moved from Greenland

Denmark's government has formally apologised to the 22 Greenlanders who were moved to Denmark and cut off from their families in the 1950s in an attempt to bridge the cultural gap between the Scandinavian country and its colony.

World • 08 Dec 20

Climate change is having a devastating effect on the world's glaciers, particularly in Greenland

Greenland ice melting past 'tipping point': study

The melting of Greenland's ice cap has gone so far that it is now irreversible, with snowfall no longer able to compensate for the loss of ice even if global warming were to end today, according to researchers.

World • 17 Aug 20

Climate change toll on Greenland's icebergs unnerving

As part of RTÉ's Big Picture on Climate Change, Correspondent Paul Cunningham has returned to Arctic Greenland to assess what's happened since his last assignment there in 2006.

Climate Change • 11 Nov 19

Five things to know about Greenland

Five things to know about Greenland - the world's largest island that is not a continent.

News Lens • 21 Aug 19

Donald Trump called off his planned September visit to Denmark

Trump slams Danish PM's 'nasty' Greenland comments

US President Donald Trump has snapped back at the Danish prime minister's "nasty" dismissal of his attempts to purchase Greenland.

World • 22 Aug 19

Donald Trump has said he is exploring the idea of buying Greenland

US president 'promises' no Trump hotel for Greenland

US President Donald Trump jokingly promised that he would not build one of his eponymous hotels in Greenland, after he confirmed his interest in buying the Danish territory.

US • 20 Aug 19

Greenland is a self-governing region of Denmark

Trump wants US to buy Greenland: report

US President Donald Trump has privately discussed with aides and advisers the idea of the United States purchasing the island of Greenland as a way to expand US territory, two sources familiar with the situation said.

World • 16 Aug 19

Courtesy: Caspar Haarloev from 'Into The Ice' documentary

'10bn tonnes of ice melted in one day' in Greenland

More than 10 billion tonnes of ice melted in 24 hours in Greenland last week, scientists have said.

News Lens • 06 Aug 19

Danish scientists had to wade through the melting ice water to retrieve their equipment
(Courtesy: DMI/Steffen M Olsen)

Viral photo highlights Greenland's melting ice caps

Scientists say 2019 could be another annus horribilis for the Arctic with record temperatures already registered in Greenland, a giant melting icicle that threatens to submerge the world's coastal areas one day.

World • 19 Jun 19

A danger zone close to the coast has been evacuated

Huge iceberg off Greenland coast sparks flooding fears

A large iceberg has drifted close to a tiny village on the western coast of Greenland, causing fear that it could swamp the settlement with a tsunami if it breaks up.

Iceberg • 14 Jul 18

Recently uncovered earth is seen near one of Greenland's retreating glaciers

Sunnier weather speeds Greenland glacier melt

Sunnier weather is significantly accelerating the melting of Greenland's glaciers, exacerbating the effects of rising global temperatures

Environment • 29 Jun 17

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to explore all options to keep Scotland in the EU

Reverse Greenland plan could keep the North in EU

A proposal which could allow England and Wales to withdraw from the European Union and allow Northern Ireland and Scotland to retain its membership has been hailed by Nicola Sturgeon.

News • 13 Aug 16

Greenland sharks are slow swimmers and are nearly blind, but are capable hunters

Greenland sharks can live to be 400, says research

Scientists have discovered that the Greenland shark, a big and slow-moving deep-ocean predator that prowls the waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic, can live to be around 400 years old.

News • 12 Aug 16

The high temperatures have led to very early melting of Arctic sea ice and the Greenland ice sheet

Record high temperatures recorded so far in 2016

Global temperature records were broken again in May as NASA data showed the northern hemisphere also experienced the hottest spring on record.

Science • 14 Jun 16

Computer representation of melting on 8 July (L) beside an image representing 12 July

'Unprecedented' melting in Greenland detected

NASA scientists have detected "unprecedented" melting over a large area of Greenland's massive ice sheet, more than has been detected in three decades of satellite observation.

News • 25 Jul 12

NASA image shows how the Petermann Glacier now looks

Massive iceberg breaks off Greenland glacier

An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken free from Greenland's massive Petermann Glacier.

Special Reports • 19 Jul 12

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