Amid renewed calls from President Trump for Washington to take control of Greenland, recently US Vice President JD Vance visited the island. Why is Greenland important for the US? Here's what all you need to know.

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling to the Arctic Circle to understand the processes leading to that increase in melting.

The Greenland ice sheet makes up 80 percent of the world’s largest island. And, it’s melting thanks to human-caused climate change

One way or the other,” President Donald Trump told Congress, the United States needs to “get” Greenland, strategically located and rich in rare metals.

Vice President JD Vance accused the government of Denmark of “underinvesting” in Greenland while he was making a visit to an American military base on Friday in the Danish territory, which President Trump has repeatedly insisted should become part of the United States.

President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland highlights the island’s growing strategic value, from rare earth mineral wealth to its role in Arctic defense.

Modern society, and the clean energy revolution, depend on rare earth elements. Can Greenland help break China's stranglehold on the market?

Greenland's changing climate also holds potential for the U.S.'s artificial intelligence ambitions. During a Feb. 12 Senate hearing on the acquisition of Greenland, Rebecca Pincus, director of the Polar Institute at the Wilson Center, spoke of the potential for the melting ice sheet to provide the energy for hydropower-fueled AI data centers.

By coring the seabed at 850 m water depth in Disko Bay off Greenland's west coast, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have obtained the first historical record of plastic pollution in Greenland.

According to a press release from the office of Vice President JD Vance, the Second Lady is set to visit historical sites, learn about Greenlandic heritage, and attend the nation’s premiere cultural event, a dogsled race known as the Avannaata Qimussersu.

Melting ice is revealing new coastal zones in the Arctic, but while this new landscape might fuel speculation about natural resources, it is vulnerable to rockfalls and landslides that can cause dange

Trump has talked about acquiring Greenland for years. Here's what he wants and how the island's leaders are reacting.