For strategic and resource reasons, Greenland looms large in the imagination of President Donald Trump. But geographically, the island doesn't loom quite as large as you might think.

It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.’” Now, if you look at a map of Greenland, it does appear to be massive. But that’s not because Greenland is actually massive.

But that’s not because Greenland is actually massive. The earth is a sphere, and so when you lay it out on a flat map, all of the areas near the North and South Poles are stretched out to look ...

Since 2009 a burst of new satellites, radar systems and seismic stations has prompted steady growth in datasets available for geological mapping, the researchers say. For their new Greenland map ...

What To Know The southern portion of Greenland is rich in a number of minerals, including widely used metals and several deposits of rare earths (in red on the above map). According to a 2023 ...