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15 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 19, 2026.
WatchThe agreement bans any non-NATO base or troops on the island, screens out Russian and Chinese investment and lets the Pentagon add bases 'as required.' A State Department official says it stays in force 'forever,' even if Greenland leaves Denmark.
Jan Mayen has been seismically active for as long as anyone has watched it. Forty years of satellite images show nothing like the debris field the March 2025 quake produced.
The ice island calved off Petermann Glacier on August 4, the largest Arctic calving since 2020. Landsat 9 caught it colliding with Joe Island on consecutive days and coming out intact.
Greenland Energy, whose board includes people close to Trump, says up to $1 trillion in crude sits under Jameson Land. The government issued a 'strong warning' and says no drilling permit can be issued before November — past this season's window.
Sediment cores from Canada's Herschel Island show that bacteria largely ignore the old permafrost carbon in favor of fresher algal material — keeping most of it out of the atmosphere.
At the NATO summit, the president said Washington needs the Arctic island 'for the protection of the world' and suggested it isn't important to Denmark. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen shot back that Greenland 'is of course not for sale.'
Accelerating sea-ice loss flipped the Arctic from a system limited by light to one starved of nitrate, choking the nutrient supply that underpins the entire polar food web.
Greenlandic officials express concern about negotiation direction as they face Trump's threats to seize their island with little leverage.
Greenlandic officials express growing concerns about talks aimed at defusing President Trump's threats to seize their island, but have little leverage in discussions.
Greenlandic leaders express concern over negotiation direction as they possess little leverage against American pressure.
Military conducts major cold weather experiment with troops from warm climates to assess combat readiness in harsh northern environments.
U.S. military officials in talks with Denmark for access to three additional areas on the strategically important Arctic island despite Greenlandic concerns.
23-million-year-old rhinoceros found in Canadian High Arctic reveals rhinos lived farther north than ever known and crossed continents later than expected.
An operational military order dated January 13, 2026, reviewed by Danish broadcaster DR, shows Copenhagen deployed soldiers and demolition materials to Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq under the cover of a NATO exercise — a contingency plan to deny U.S. aircraft landing strips if Trump moved to seize the territory.
Denmark's public broadcaster DR, citing 12 government and military sources, revealed that Danish troops deployed to Greenland in January had orders to destroy airport runways at Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq if American forces moved to seize the island.