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Polar region on the Earth's northern hemisphere
Global indicators and expert surveys point to meaningful—but not imminent—risk of a large interstate war that could involve major powers; analysts place conditional probabilities for such escalation i...
The short answer: no — the Arctic has not seen a sustained increase in sea ice since the 2012 record-low summer; 2012 remains the lowest September extent in the satellite record and long-term metrics ...
has been steadily reworking the legal and practical contours of what it calls its “historic” or internal waters—from ’s Northern Sea Route to and parts of —deploying domestic laws, baseline redrawings...
Bill Clinton traveled on Jeffrey Epstein’s Boeing 727 for a series of post‑presidential trips between 2001 and 2003 that included a high‑profile Africa trip in September 2002 and multiple visits to de...
NASA-linked datasets and complementary climate agencies show that 2025 produced exceptional heat anomalies, significant ice deficits in both polar regions during parts of the year, and a rise in extre...
Global datasets agree that the past three years are the —2024, 2023 and 2025—placing 2025 typically as the third-warmest year globally, with small differences among analyses ( puts 2025 0.01°C cooler ...
matters to the because geography begets power: its position between , and the gives Washington unique lines of approach for surveillance, naval control and missile-defense posture even as melting ice ...
is strategically important to U.S. and posture—home to the and placed astride emerging Arctic sea lanes and resources—but the available reporting shows that is a strong enhancer of deterrence, not an ...
has waged a steady, multi-channel information campaign in and about to legitimise its expanded military presence, cast and as destabilising actors, and shape international and domestic debates over an...
Since the post‑hearing flap over Sen. John Kennedy’s comments — most notably his characterization that a U.S. invasion of Greenland would be “weapons‑grade stupid” — Senate Republicans publicly split:...
Greenland’s strategic importance to the United States is rooted in a Cold War-era security logic—its geography anchors early-warning, missile-defense and Arctic surveillance networks and sits astride ...
The shadow fleet’s reliance on ageing, uninsured tankers sharply raises the probability of catastrophic oil spills, infrastructure damage, and chronic pollution because these hulls often lack modern s...
Global surface temperatures are running near record highs, with a high probability that at least one year between 2025–2029 will exceed 1.5°C above pre‑industrial levels and the 2025–2029 five‑year av...
The original headline — “These 6 sinister discoveries in the ice will haunt you for days” — stitches together a mix of well-documented scientific surprises, sensational pop-culture lists, and older cu...
The claim that the "Bering Strait Great Project" can "change everything" by connecting continents and peoples is plausible in ambition but faces profound technical, geopolitical, environmental, and so...