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Is Water the Unmentioned Reason for Trump’s Interest in Greenland?
April 1st, 2025

Via Circle of Blue, commentary on how Greenland’s melting ice could slake the thirst for drying farm regions, water-scarce cities: Say this much, President Trump’s vow to “go as far as we have to” to control Greenland is pernicious, consistent, and ironic.   Though he’s obscured his reasons for bringing the world’s largest island under American […]

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The Outrageous Scheme to Capture and Sell Greenland’s Meltwater
September 19th, 2024

Courtesy of Wired, an article on a startup which says shipping meltwater from Greenland’s glaciers internationally will boost the local economy and could help ease water pressures in arid regions.  But what does that actually mean for the world? Fresh water is becoming increasingly scarce in many countries, but not in Greenland. Its ice sheet contains around […]

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