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The Taipei Times3d
You, too, might have the wrong map if you are obsessed with Greenland
In those ways, that strange and unnecessary crisis between the US and Greenland is a reminder that we all in our own ways are slaves to our mental maps, physical or metaphorical. We can only make ...
Opinion
Comment: Can we blame Mercator for Trump’s Greenland obsession?
To get around this distortion, other map-makers have come up with different compromises. A projection named after the geographer Arthur Robinson curves the longitudes but keeps the latitudes straight ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette6d
COLUMNIST: Are you obsessed with Greenland too? You might also be using the wrong map
This strange and unnecessary crisis between America and Greenland is a reminder that we all in our own ways are slaves to our mental maps, physical or metaphorical. We can only make sense of the ...
The New Republic on MSN6dOpinion
Trump National Security Adviser’s Latest Signal Defense Makes No Sense
In an interview with MeidasTouch Tuesday, former national security adviser Susan Rice said that Witkoff’s use of Signal while ...
Democratic senator says most average Americans can’t find Greenland on map
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., declared on CNN Monday that the average middle American probably has no idea where Greenland is on ...
NDTV3d
US Wedges Its Way In, Says "Greenland Does Not Want To Be Part Of Denmark"
Donald Trump has made Greenland's takeover by the US a top foreign policy objective. As Greenland and Denmark, of which it is a part, have vociferously rejected Donald Trump's "strategic buyout ...
MSNBC6d
A U.S. invasion of Greenland could actually happen
If you’d said to me three months ago that the United States could invade and occupy Greenland, I’d have likely checked your head for a tinfoil hat. But after Vice President JD Vance’s three ...
USA Today6d
Denmark's prime minister pledges Trump 'shall not take over Greenland'
Greenland's incoming prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said Denmark remains "Greenland's closest partner." NUUK, Greenland − Denmark's prime minister pledged to support Greenland against ...
University of New Hampshire5h
Mapping the Deep
In December 2023, thanks to UNH, the United States grew by one million square kilometers. The U.S. gained that seabed territory beyond 200 nautical miles from our coasts through a geopolitical process ...
Snopes.com5d
Video of Danish parliament laughing at Trump's Greenland comments isn't real
"You can't make this s**t up!," the video's caption read. "This is how Denmark reacted when Trump said he wanted to buy Greenland." The original video, posted on TikTok, shows members of ...
CNN5d
Danish prime minister visits Greenland as Trump seeks control of the Arctic territory
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is in Greenland for a three-day trip aimed at building trust and cooperation with Greenlandic officials at a time when the Trump administration is seeking ...