Hacker News with Generative AI: Greenland

Melting glaciers will harm us all. Yet still we watch, unmoved (theguardian.com)
The problems that now afflict attempts to establish a military presence in the far north of Canada and Greenland provide timely warnings about the miseries that lie ahead for the rest of the planet as global warming continues its remorseless spread.

Climate Change, Global Warming, Environmental Impact, Canada, Greenland

7 points by rntn 5 days ago | 2 comments

Billionaires dream of building utopian techno-city in Greenland (popsci.com)
A handful of wealthy, politically connected Silicon Valley investors are reportedly eyeing Greenland’s icy shores as the site for a techno-utopian “freedom city.”

Greenland, Utopia, Technology, Billionaires, Politics

5 points by gniting 6 days ago | 0 comments

New Plan for Acquiring Greenland Is US-Funded UBI for Its Residents (gizmodo.com)
President Donald Trump’s obsession with acquiring Greenland is ongoing, despite aggressive disinterest on the part of the territory’s inhabitants, or those of its parent country, Denmark.

Politics, Greenland, United States, Foreign Policy

16 points by WarOnPrivacy 11 days ago | 5 comments

Billionaires dream of building utopian techno-city in Greenland (popsci.com)
A handful of wealthy, politically connected Silicon Valley investors are reportedly eyeing Greenland’s icy shores as the site for a techno-utopian “freedom city.”

Greenland, Technology, Urban Planning, Billionaires, Politics

12 points by geox 13 days ago | 5 comments

Space Force Commander Greenland Sent Out Email Breaking with Vance After Visit (military.com)
Just days after Vice President JD Vance's March visit to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, the installation commander sent out an email to the base distancing it from Vance’s criticism of Denmark and its oversight of the territory, Military.com has learned.

Space Force, Politics, Greenland, Military, Denmark

14 points by croes 15 days ago | 2 comments

Visions of Greenland (worldhistory.substack.com)
The outside world has long projected its desires onto the world's biggest island

Greenland, History, Geography, Culture

3 points by crescit_eundo 27 days ago | 0 comments

JD Vance's ominous pitch to Greenland (bbc.com)
A green shimmer, like a curtain of light being drawn across the night sky, formed beside the impossibly bright stars above Nuuk late on Friday evening.

Politics, Greenland, Environment

10 points by zfg 27 days ago | 2 comments

Trump says U.S. will 'get Greenland,' military force not ruled out (usatoday.com)
President Donald Trump refused on Saturday to take military force off the table in his quest to acquire Greenland, saying he had an obligation to pursue ownership of the Danish territory that has rebuffed his advances.

Politics, International Relations, Greenland, Military, Real Estate

61 points by sebazzz 27 days ago | 36 comments

Trump says US will 'go as far as we have to' to get control of Greenland (abcnews.go.com)
President Donald Trump said the U.S. will "go as far as we have to go" to get control of Greenland, ahead of a planned visit to the Arctic island by Vice President JD Vance that has prompted criticism from Greenland and Denmark.

Politics, International Relations, Greenland, United States, Diplomacy

34 points by croes 29 days ago | 17 comments

A Startup Linked to Peter Thiel Wants to Build "Next Great City" in Greenland (insidehook.com)

Startup, Greenland, Real Estate, Urban Planning, Peter Thiel

3 points by amarcheschi 30 days ago | 0 comments

The Greenland Ice Sheet is fracturing faster than expected (nature.com)
Three-dimensional maps of glacier surfaces across Greenland reveal that cracks are growing rapidly where land ice meets the sea — and climate change is to blame.

Climate Change, Greenland, Glaciers, Science

9 points by benocodes 75 days ago | 1 comments

Increased crevassing across accelerating Greenland Ice Sheet margins (nature.com)
Surface crevassing on the Greenland Ice Sheet is a large source of uncertainty in processes controlling mass loss due to a lack of comprehensive observations of their location and evolution through time.

Greenland, Climate Change, Glaciers, Science, Earth Science

12 points by rntn 75 days ago | 0 comments

Greenland's bans foreign political donations (dr.dk)
Anonyme og udenlandske donationer til partier og politikere er med ny lov gjort forbudt i Grønland.

Greenland, Politics, Legislation

25 points by Sontho 80 days ago | 3 comments

Trump's Tech Donors Have Big Plans for Greenland (levernews.com)
President Donald Trump started his second term with his sights set on Greenland.

Politics, Greenland, Business, Donald Trump

11 points by khold_stare 85 days ago | 10 comments

Europe's leaders plot to stop Trump from taking Greenland (politico.eu)
It’s no longer a joke.

Politics, Europe, Greenland, United States

7 points by belter 87 days ago | 0 comments

Denmark launches $2B Arctic security plan, seeks EU unity on Greenland (france24.com)
Denmark on Monday announced a $2 billion security plan for the Arctic ahead of a visit by the country's prime minister to Berlin, Paris and Brussels to shore up "European unity" on Greenland.

Denmark, Arctic, Security, Europe, Greenland

7 points by dauertewigkeit 88 days ago | 0 comments

Catastrophic tipping point in Greenland as blue lakes turn brown, belch out CO2 (livescience.com)

Climate Change, Environment, Greenland, Science, CO2

28 points by belter 92 days ago | 11 comments

The U.S. has tried to buy Greenland before (nationalgeographic.com)
From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island. Here’s why Greenland has always remained out of reach—and why it always mattered so much.

History, Politics, Greenland, United States

15 points by utiiiD 92 days ago | 4 comments

The Greenland Shark, the Longest-Living Vertebrate on Earth (2017) (newyorker.com)
Using carbon dating and a new method involving proteins in the lens of the eye, Danish scientists have unravelled the mystery of how long Greenland sharks live.

Science, Animals, Biology, Research, Greenland

55 points by rbanffy 98 days ago | 45 comments

'Homeless people given free lunch' to attend Trump Jr event in Greenland (theguardian.com)
A group of Greenlanders who attended a lunch hosted by Donald Trump Jr wearing Make America Great Again caps were not dedicated supporters of the US president-elect but homeless people enticed by the prospect of free food, it has been claimed.

Politics, Social Issues, Greenland

5 points by pera 99 days ago | 5 comments

Why Greenland is of growing strategic significance (twz.com)
Donald Trump wouldn’t categorically rule out using the U.S. military to take control of Greenland, saying that America needs it — as well as the Panama Canal — for “economic security.”

Greenland, Geopolitics, Military, Economics

42 points by paulpauper 105 days ago | 50 comments

Greenland and the Coldest War (palladiummag.com)
Greenland has returned to the global spotlight as President Trump renews his interest in acquiring the northern island during his second term.

Greenland, Geopolitics, International Relations, United States, Cold War

4 points by havella 106 days ago | 0 comments

Greenland Is Not for Sale. But It Has Rare Earth Minerals America Wants (2019) (npr.org)
Greenland Is Not For Sale. But It Has Rare Earth Minerals America Wants

Politics, International Relations, Greenland

8 points by verdverm 108 days ago | 5 comments

Greenland leader calls for independence from Denmark (thehill.com)
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede announced a desire to obtain independence from Denmark in the wake of President-elect Trump’s comments about buying the island territory.

Greenland, Independence, Denmark, Politics

12 points by belter 112 days ago | 4 comments

Denmark boosts Greenland defence after Trump repeats desire for US control (bbc.co.uk)
The Danish government has announced a huge boost in defence spending for Greenland, hours after US President-elect Donald Trump repeated his desire to purchase the Arctic territory.

Denmark, Greenland, Politics, International Relations, Defense

14 points by subvertify 123 days ago | 8 comments

NASA aircraft uncover Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet (space.com)

Cold War, History, Greenland, Military, Science

126 points by nullhole 149 days ago | 40 comments

NASA shows off image of US Military's 'city under the ice' in Greenland (cbsnews.com)
As NASA scientist Chad Greene flew over northern Greenland with a team of engineers in April, they never expected their radar to find something manmade buried deep within the ice.

Military, Greenland, Science, Discovery, NASA

14 points by anigbrowl 149 days ago | 2 comments

Large meltwater accumulation revealed inside Greenland Ice Sheet (phys.org)
A new study published in Nature unveils a surprising discovery: a substantial amount of meltwater is temporarily stored within the Greenland Ice Sheet during summer months.

Greenland, Climate Change, Ice Sheets, Science, Research

23 points by bookofjoe 174 days ago | 1 comments

Greenland landslide caused freak wave that shook Earth for nine days (newscientist.com)
Seismologists were mystified by a strange signal that persisted for nine days in 2023 – now its source has been identified as a standing wave caused by a landslide in Greenland

Earthquakes, Science, Greenland, Natural Disasters

99 points by DougN7 225 days ago | 14 comments

The maelstrom under Greenland's glaciers could slow future sea level rise (theguardian.com)

Climate Change, Glaciers, Greenland

6 points by howard941 232 days ago | 0 comments