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Americans have been quietly plundering Greenland for over 100 years, since a Navy officer chipped fragments off the Cape York iron meteorite

In spring 1941, Denmark’s ambassador signed a treaty giving the U.S. military access to Greenland to help protect the island from Nazi Germany.

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Fortune

Paul Bierman

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

History also shows that many of the fanciful engineering ideas for Greenland failed because they misjudged the island’s harsh climate and dynamic...

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The Conversation

Paul Bierman

Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves economic growth, national security and your life

The Trump administrations has canceled more than 1,400 federal grants that support engineering, biology, geology, computer science, STEM education and...

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The Conversation

Paul Bierman

The US military has cared about climate change since the dawn of the Cold War – for good reason

During the Cold War, the US poured support into Arctic military outposts and climate research amid fears of a Russian invasion. Climate change is...

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The Conversation

Paul Bierman

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump covets dangerous to extract

Melting ice, thawing permafrost and crumbling fjord walls are just a few of the risks climate change poses for those living and working in Greenland.

19.02.2025 2

The Conversation

Paul Bierman

We need Greenland. But not in the way Trump thinks

The newly inaugurated U.S. president is missing the real strategic and economic value of the island: its ice

24.01.2025 8

Salon

Paul Bierman

Ancient poppy seeds and willow wood offer clues to the Greenland ice sheet’s last meltdown and a glimpse into a warmer future

As we focused our microscope on the soil sample for the first time, bits of organic material came into view: a tiny poppy seed, the compound eye of...

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The Conversation

Paul Bierman