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To the ends of the Earth: The Arctic’s battle for sustainable tourism

May 6, 2025134 Views

Direct flights to Greenland mark new era for fisheries-dependent island Cruises offer economic benefits but pose environmental risks to polar regions Hurtigruten investing in technology to reduce cruise ship emissions Stricter regulations needed to manage impact of tourist numbers Need for balanced economic strategies to curb over-reliance on tourism This June, a United Airlines plane will touch down in Nuuk, capital of Greenland. The Boeing 737 aircraft will look unremarkable as it decelerates down the runway – but its arrival, after a four-hour flight from Newark, New Jersey, is set to mark the beginning of a new era for the world’s largest island. Greenland – a vast territory that is home to fewer than 60,000 people – has until now remained at the very edge of tou...

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Greenland’s massive ice sheet is melting — here’s how to save it

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October 21, 2023994 Views

The ice sheet could experience runaway melting if the world overshoots climate targets, but even then quick action could stabilize it Greenland’s massive ice sheet, which is thawing because of human-induced climate change, could be saved from complete meltdown even if global temperatures soar past key international targets, a study suggests. But rescuing the ice in these conditions would require huge future cuts in atmospheric greenhouse-gas levels — and would not prevent the ice sheet from melting enough to cause up to several metres of sea-level rise. Melt water courses across the Greenland ice sheet, the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere. Credit: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Using climate modelling, the research concludes that Greenland’s melti...

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Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago

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December 9, 2022876 Views

Scientists discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland. Today, it’s a barren Arctic desert, but back then it was a lush landscape of trees and vegetation with an array of animals, even the now extinct mastodon. “The study opens the door into a past that has basically been lost,” said lead author Kurt Kjær, a geologist and glacier expert at the University of Copenhagen. This illustration provided by researchers depicts Kap Kobenhavn, Greenland, two million years ago, when the temperature was significantly warmer than northernmost Greenland today. (Beth Zaiken via AP) With animal fossils hard to come by, the researchers extracted environmental DNA, also known as eDNA, from soil samples. This is the ge...