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• [New] Climate change could lead to abrupt changes in earth's ecosystems, such as irreversible melting of the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. Mark Lynas
• [New] Denmark finds itself on the front line with Trump following his threat to annex Greenland, an Arctic island three times the size of Texas. En.ImArabic
• [New] The US President's fixation on subsuming Greenland - the world's largest island adrift in icy seas - has the potential to fundamentally reshape the landscape of global security and trade as we know it. Daily Mail
• [New] Greenland will likely continue strengthening its ties with Denmark while also expanding economic ties with the US, Iceland, and Canada. Al Jazeera
• [New] For others, the renewed global focus on Greenland presents an opportunity for Greenland to break free from Denmark and carve out a role for itself as an independent nation on the global stage. The Polar Connection
• [New] Greenland's ice sheet is melting at an unprecedented rate, with projections estimating a loss of up to 1,735 gigatons of ice per year by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions are not curbed. Earth Island Journal
• While Trump issues threats to take over the Panama Canal, Canada, and Greenland, US diplomacy is in retreat more broadly. Print Edition - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka
• The U.S. will take control of Greenland eventually and has not ruled out military intervention, alarming American allies, particularly Denmark. Newsweek
• With Donald Trump making threats against Greenland, Canada and Panama, as well as his stance on Ukraine, a majority of people in Spain, Germany and France see tensions between Europe and the U.S. as a major or moderate threat to continental peace, it says. Global News
• President Donald Trump has been threatening to taking Greenland or annexing Canada, which has paradoxically weakened the international status of the United States, as well as many American brands from Tesla to the defence industry. Bank of Finland
• Under the 1951 Defence of Greenland Agreement, the US could explore the possibility of establishing more military bases across Greenland, and for the United States Second Fleet to have a more permanent foothold therein. ArcticToday
• US President Donald Trump has made statements suggesting Canada could become the 51st state and has previously expressed interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark, indicating a strategic interest in Arctic territories and their resources. Discovery Alert
• Trump's threats of 200% tariffs on European wine, cognac, and other alcohol imports have already strained US-European relations-compounded by his administration's interest in acquiring Greenland and the imposition of tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico. Macau Business
• Washington has begun a trade war against the world, imposed devastating sanctions on Venezuela, claiming it is responsible for the invasion of gangs into the United States, and threatened to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal and turn Canada into its 51st state. World Socialist Web Site
• Even today, the US bullies Canada, Greenland, Panama and others in the Western Hemisphere and threatens the rest of the world with unilateral tariffs and sanctions that are blatantly in violation of international rules. Brave New Europe
• Trumps rhetoric with Canada becoming the 51st US state and a takeover of Greenland could be a precursor to the setup of a North American Union. Technocracy News
• The Greenland hats come in the wake of a Canadian hat protest that began earlier in 2025 in response to President Trump's threats to make Canada the 51st state. The New York Times
• Greenland's ice sheet, destabilized by meltwater from AMOC-driven freshening, risks irreversible disintegration, while Southern Ocean warming accelerates Antarctic ice loss, raising sea levels by 2.5 meters by 2100. Collapse of Industrial Civilization
• Beyond Europe, Trump has turned on allies and neighbours, embarking on tariff wars with Mexico and Canada, and threatening to annex Canada, Greenland, and Panama. The Diplomat
• Trump is playing tariff roulette and threatening to take control of the Panama Canal, Greenland, Gaza and even Canada, whose border with the US, he says, constitutes an artificial line of separation. Stagecraft and Statecraft
• A newspaper poll in January found that 85% of Greenlanders did not want to become part of the US, with nearly half saying Trump's interest was a threat. CNN

Last updated: 19 June 2025