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First climate tipping point reached after coral reef diebacks, scientists warn
Rising temperatures are pushing several of Earth’s systems dangerously close to thresholds beyond which their demise accelerates and the global impacts become increasingly irreversible, according to a landmark report released on Monday. The paper,...

Climate Change Weekly # 558 — Climate at a Glance Redux! New Book Puts the Science Back in Climate Science
IN THIS ISSUE: Climate at a Glance Redux! New Book Puts the Science Back in Climate Science Meso-American Megadroughts Were Worse in the Past Greenland Ice Melt Grossly Overstated Climate at a Glance Redux! New Book Puts the Science Back in...

United Airlines Q3 FY2025 Earnings Call Transcript
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UAL) released its third-quarter earnings report before Thursday’s opening bell. Below are the transcripts from the Q3 earnings call. This transcript is brought to you by Benzinga APIs. For real-time access to...
Europe In The Rare Earth Trap: Up To 4 Million German Jobs At Risk As Beijing Tightens
Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Rare earth elements have become geopolitical dynamite. According to a new analysis by consultancy McKinsey & Company, up to four million jobs in Germany are on the line if top supplier China imposes a permanent export...

Medieval artifacts up to 750-years-old discovered in a bearded vulture's nest
A study describes how archaeologists exploring abandoned cliff nests in southern Spain pulled a medieval surprise from a bearded vulture’s home, a woven sandal that radiocarbon tests place between 650 and 750 years old. Bearded vultures, Gypaetus...

Greenland, Prime Minister Nielsen addresses EU Parliament: “The Union is a loyal friend”
From the correspondent in Strasbourg – From the far north to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Jens-Frederik Nielsen, 34, Prime Minister of Greenland. The first time addressing the European institutions for a Greenlandic politician is a...

Greenland is not seeking to join the EU and will not be part of the US, PM Nielsen tells Euronews
Published on 08/10/2025 - 16:28 GMT+2 Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen addressed the European Parliament for the first time ever on Wednesday and announced that the territory is not seeking to join the European Union and is...

Greenland’s leader calls EU trusted friend
Greenland's leader on Wednesday thanked the European Union for being “a trusted friend” and urged the 27-nation bloc to invest in his country's mineral resources, renewable energy, airports and internet services. In a speech to the European...

Alpine ice in retreat: Switzerland’s glaciers shrink rapidly amid global warming
Switzerland’s iconic glaciers, once majestic rivers of ice carving through the Alps, are shrinking at an alarming and unprecedented rate, driven by the relentless advance of global warming. The accelerating retreat of these frozen giants is not...

Greenland’s leader urges EU to invest in island’s infrastructure
Greenland’s leader has thanked the European Union for being “a trusted friend” and urged the 27-nation bloc to invest in his country’s mineral resources, renewable energy, airports and internet services. In a speech to the European Parliament,...

Greenland Prime Minister describes ‘eventful if not dramatic year’ amid Trump threats
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Greenland's leader hails EU as trusted friend and urges investment in its minerals
BRUSSELS — Greenland’s leader on Wednesday thanked the European Union for being “a trusted friend” and urged the 27-nation bloc to invest in his country’s mineral resources, renewable energy, airports and internet services. In a speech to the...

Greenland's leader hails European Union as trusted friend and urges investment in its minerals
BRUSSELS – Greenland’s leader on Wednesday thanked the European Union for being “a trusted friend” and urged the 27-nation bloc to invest in his country’s mineral resources, renewable energy, airports and internet services. In a speech to the...

Greenland's leader thanks the EU and urges the bloc to invest in his island
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South Africa’s major climate threats — from drought to deadly heatwaves
the country’s climate future is fast becoming hotter, drier and more dangerous. (Delwyn Verasamy, M&G) The biggest economic risk that South Africa faces from future climate change is the possibility of a Gauteng “Day Zero” drought. This was the...

Cirrus scooped up most of Greenland’s debt for Pacific Park leverage
Cirrus Real Estate Partners didn’t just swoop in to take over Greenland USA’s troubled Brooklyn project: It also bought up most of the firm’s debt in the U.S. Cirrus’ Joseph McDonnell on Thursday said that his company purchased a majority of the...

Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $87 million for Greenland’s polar bears
Greenland remains part of the Danish realm, and its people have expressed little interest in Trump’s solicitations. In a statement acknowledging the conversations that are under way, the State Department said that biodiversity funding was being...

Council fails to spend £4m grant on climate change in 9 years
CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘The council declared a climate emergency in 2019, but where’s the emergency response? This is a fight for survival, not a PR exercise.’ That’s according to one resident who wants to ask some pointed questions at next week’s...

Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50 million for Greenland polar bears
The Trump administration is considering whether to spend up to $50 million in foreign aid to protect polar bears in Greenland, and $25 million for snow leopards in Nepal — proposals at odds with a parallel initiative to slash humanitarian and...