US EditionGreenland shatters temperature record, redrawing economy from fishing to minerals
Greenland’s warming, four times faster than the global average, threatens fisheries that account for 23% of GDP and 15% of jobs, while reshaping mining and tourism sectors.
- Preliminary DMI data show Nuuk, Greenlandic capital, averaged +0.2 degrees Celsius in January, marking Greenland's warmest January on record this year.
- Jacob Hoyer, head of the National Centre for Climate Research, said `Climate change is already clearly visible on Greenland` as records show it is warming four times faster than the global mean.
- Warming waters are already altering ecosystems and threatening the fishing sector, which made up 23% of GDP and 15% of jobs in 2023, while thinner sea ice complicates coastal transport.
- A Danish 2023 survey found 25 of 34 minerals on the European Commission critical raw materials list in Greenland, but mining remains costly due to red tape, harsh conditions and indigenous groups' opposition.
- Still, businesses in many sectors face uncertainty as Casper Moller said, `So, what we are doing at this moment is just crossing our fingers that we will reach more snow quite soon,` while Hoyer noted extraction could become more profitable.
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The Arctic island of Greenland is experiencing unprecedentedly warm weather this winter. January was the warmest on record, and the capital Nuuk saw its average temperature rise above freezing for the first time ever. The region is warming four times faster than the global average, threatening the mainstay of the local economy – fishing.
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Greenland's Climate Is Warming Rapidly, and Its Economy Is Expected to Shift From Fishing to Mining.
Greenland, a favorite of US President Donald Trump, has experienced its warmest January on record, meteorologists say. The average temperature in the island's capital, Nuuk, was +0.2 degrees Celsius last month, according to the Danish Meteorological Institute, which measured the temperature, a sharp increase from the 1991-2020 average of -7.7 degrees Celsius. "Climate change is clearly visible in Greenland. According to our measurements, it is w…
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