Climate Politics
Trump’s Greenland Threats Put Crucial Climate Change Research at Risk
Political tensions are hampering work on the island, which is key to understanding the effects of global warming.
A residential area in Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 27.
Photographer: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump’s vows to take over Greenland have chilled relationships between American and Greenlandic researchers, halting some projects and making future collaborations uncertain.
Ross Virginia, a professor emeritus of environmental studies at Dartmouth College, said a climate program he ran with Greenlandic colleagues was halted by “mutual agreement” due to the tensions.