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'The scientific cost would be severe': A Trump Greenland takeover would put climate research at risk

Trump's calls for a takeover of Greenland puts open scientific collaboration that is helping our understanding of the threat of global sea-level rise at risk.

LiveScience

US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice

President Donald Trump’s insistence that the U.S. will acquire Greenland “whether they like it or not” is just the latest chapter in a codependent and often complicated relationship between America and the Arctic’s largest island – one that stretches back more than a century but has recently been on the…

The Conversation

Why Greenland is indispensable to global climate science

A 30-minute stroll across New York’s Central Park separates Trump Tower from the American Museum of Natural History. If the US president ever found himself inside the museum he could see the Cape York meteorite: a 58-tonne mass of iron taken from northwest Greenland and sold in 1897 by the…

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A tip for JD Vance: Greenland doesn’t care about your frail human ego

My own trip to Nuuk showed me you can’t just rock up and attempt to bend all that bleak, rugged terrain to your will

The Guardian - UK

The Strangers by Ekow Eshun review – five Black pioneers

From Malcolm X to Justin Fashanu, Eshun uses historical figures to illuminate contemporary struggles – and his own alienation

The Guardian - UK

The Strangers by Ekow Eshun review – inside the minds of extraordinary Black men

The author inhabits the perspective of five figures, from Malcolm X to footballer Justin Fashanu, in this lyrical account of their lives, a thrilling affront to the archives that exclude them

The Guardian - UK

There is Light Somewhere at the Hayward Gallery: an emotional exploration of history and belonging

There is Light Somewhere, the title of the latest show by conceptual artist Tavares Strachan at the Hayward Gallery in London, is borrowed from a James Baldwin quote. In his final book of essays, Nothing Personal (1964), the American novelist and social critic wrote:

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The Explorers: shining a light on the diverse men and women forgotten by history

The history of exploration has mostly been told through the eyes of white men but a new book aims to remember the people of colour and women who were also integral

The Guardian - US

The Last Supper recast: artist Tavares Strachan on reimagining Da Vinci’s dinner guests

He replaced Christ with Haile Selassie and took Judas’s place himself. The Bahamian’s epic artistic revisions, from space to the Arctic, hit Britain in 2024 – and the Royals are in his sights

The Guardian - UK

Was ‘the first man to reach the North Pole’ a fraud?

Frederick Cook claimed to have reached the top of the world, but a new book says he was lying

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