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Inuit Communities Show Alarming Levels Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Remote Areas

Danish researchers find Inuit populations in Greenland with dangerously high levels of PFAS chemicals in their blood.

Zenger

‘Like knives penetrating me’: Greenland’s victims of forced contraception seek justice

In the late 1960s, Denmark implemented a brutal contraceptive policy to limit births in its former colony of Greenland, forcing thousands of teenage girls to have IUDs inserted without their consent. After decades of repressing their trauma, the women are now speaking out and demanding reparation.

France 24

Indigenous people and climate change: With the Guna when the oceans rise (4/4)

FRANCE 24 brings you the stories of people on the front lines of climate change. From Kenya to Panama via Greenland and Australia, our reporters James André and Achraf Abid went to meet the Indigenous people who live in harmony with nature and whose daily lives are being turned upside…

France 24

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Climate change means warm autumn days, but it’s also overheating the planet

Scientists are telling us the last 12 months have been the hottest since recordkeeping began in the 1800s, pushing us closer to the level of warming that could lead to irreversible ecological damage.

Chicago Sun-Times

Indigenous people and climate change: With Aboriginal Australians when the bush burns (3/4)

France 24

Alarming collapse of Greenland ice shelves sparks warning of sea level rise

Three of North Greenland's eight enormous ice shelves have already undergone complete collapse.

LiveScience

Indigenous people and climate change: With the Inuit when the ice melts (2/4)

FRANCE 24 brings you the stories of the people who are on the front lines of climate change. From Kenya to Panama via Greenland and Australia, our reporters James André and Achraf Abid went to meet the Indigenous people who live in harmony with nature and whose daily lives are…

France 24

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First Thing: US launches airstrikes in Syria tied to Iran-backed fighters

Airstrikes on two locations in eastern Syria signal a new willingness in Washington to engage directly in the Middle East crisis. Plus: the search continues for the Maine gunman

The Guardian - UK

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

Melting of the 3km-thick ice cap is one of the biggest contributors to sea level rise but can be halted

The Guardian - UK

Indigenous people and climate change: With Kenya's Turkana people, when drought kills (1/4)

FRANCE 24 brings you the stories of the people who are on the frontlines of climate change. From Kenya to Panama, via Greenland and Australia, our reporters James André and Achraf Abid went to meet the indigenous people who live in harmony with nature and whose daily lives are being…

France 24

What will happen to the Greenland ice sheet if we miss our global warming targets

It’s hard to overstate how crucial Greenland, and its kilometres-thick ice layer, is to climate change. If all that ice melted, the sea would rise by about seven metres – the height of a house.

The Conversation

Greenland women seek compensation after involuntary birth control scandal

Thousands of women and girls as young as 13 were fitted with coils without their consent in the 1960s, according to a report

Evening Standard

Dozens of Greenland’s Indigenous women seek compensation over forced birth control

‘We don’t want to wait for the results of the enquiry,’ say women seeking compensation

The Independent UK

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

Group of 67 claim they were fitted with an IUD between 1966 and 1970 without consent or knowledge

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Woman stuck on grounded Arctic cruise ship says her biggest fear was running out of alcohol

Ocean Explorer has finally been freed after running aground in Greenland

WEKU

A luxury cruise ship is pulled free 3 days after running aground in Greenland

The luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer was successfully pulled free at high tide after running aground above the Arctic Circle with 206 people on board.

Evening Standard

Luxury cruise ship stranded in Greenland for three days finally pulled free

A luxury cruise ship that ran aground in a remote Greenland location with 206 people on board has been pulled free by a trawler, a spokesperson for Denmark’s armed forces said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Third attempt fails to free luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer that ran aground in Greenland

Another attempt to pull free a luxury cruise ship with 206 people that ran aground in the world’s northernmost national park has failed after trying to use the high tide

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The Guardian - AU

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 Independent UK

Fishery vessel will try to pull free cruise ship with 206 people on board in Greenland

A fishery vessel will attempt to use the high tide to pull free a Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship carrying 206 people that has run aground in northwestern Greenland

The Independent UK

Cruise ship with 206 onboard runs aground in Greenland

Passengers to wait at least till Friday morning for rescue vessel to arrive

Evening Standard

Luxury cruise ship with 206 on board runs aground in remote part of Greenland

Rescuers will not arrive until Friday at the earliest, authorities said

The Conversation

To predict future sea level rise, we need accurate maps of the world's most remote fjords

Understanding how glaciers interact with the ocean is akin to piecing together a colossal jigsaw puzzle. And on various icebreaker expeditions to some of the most remote fjords in northern Greenland, colleagues and I have showed that the shape of the seafloor is one of the key pieces of that…

The Hindu

Warming-induced glacier retreat could create novel ecosystems

Climate change may halve glacier area outside Antarctic/Greenland by 2100, creating novel ecosystems. Depending on emissions, loss may range from 22-51%. These new ecosystems will be characterised by extreme to mild conditions, favouring primary productivity, non-native species & cold-adapted species. Urgent mitigation & protection needed to secure existence, functioning &…

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Greenland and Faroe Islands issue stamp for Danish astronaut's ISS mission

Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen's upcoming 'Huginn' mission to the International Space Station has gotten the stamp of approval from the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

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