How Canada will become a superpower, making the Northern Rim the envy of the world

Although climate change could still have devastating effects for much of the world, some regions stand to benefit immensely. Canada, Scandinavia, and even Greenland could all become economic powerhouses, making "The New North" a very attractive destination.

No oil found off Greenland ... yet

Tensions in the Arctic are rising again after a Scottish company confirmed indications of oil off the coast of Greenland.
Cairn Energy has not struck oil, but it says its “first well in Greenland provides early indication of working hydrocarbon system”.

Greenland Minerals resumes trading on ASX

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Uranium explorer Greenland Minerals and Energy has resumed trading on the ASX following a lengthy suspension on speculation that a zero-tolerance policy towards uranium mining in Greenland would impact on its project in that country.

Greenpeace boards ship to prevent offshore oil drilling - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source

Greenland's prime minister has accused Greenpeace of threatening the safety of oil workers and the environment by forcing the rig to shut down.

The campaigners said the four protesters evaded a flotilla of armed Danish navy and police boats, which have been guarding the rigs in Baffin Bay off Greenland since the Greenpeace protest ship Esperanza arrived last week.

Science : Mammoth, reindeer lived on Iberian Peninsula 150,000 years ago

AP Bronze sculptures of mammoths in Moscow, Russia. File photo

Scientists at the University of Oviedo (UO) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have revealed that although in small numbers, the woolly mammoth, the woolly rhinoceros and the reindeer already lived in the Iberian Peninsula 150,000 years ago.

Activists taken from arctic oil rig

NUUK, Greenland, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Activists who scaled a drilling platform off the coast of Greenland were arrested after severe weather forced them off the rig, police said.

Scientists Look Under Greenland's 'Hood'

 
A team of investigators from the United Kingdom says that its current research effort, of peering at the geophysical

and hydrological conditions below the surface of the Greenland ice sheets, are critically important for the future.

Greenland man accused of beating roommate held on $20g cash bail

Ross Hammond

PORTSMOUTH — A Greenland man who allegedly beat and threatened his roommate before smashing into his roommate's car and driving while intoxicated is being held on $20,000 cash bail.

Dengue : du mieux en Martinique et Guadeloupe

Chaque semaine, l’Institut de Veille sanitaire (InVS) publie un état des lieux de l’activité de la dengue et du chikungunya dans les territoires français ultramarins. Pour la semaine 34 (du 23 au 29 août) les épidémies restent très actives, mais à la Martinique et en Guadeloupe la tendance est à la stabilisation, voire à la baisse.
A la Martinique : stabilisation de l’épidémie de dengue. Le nombre de cas de dengue reste à « des niveaux très élevés », même s’il a légèrement diminué par rapport aux semaines passées. Au total, 432 cas confirmés ont nécessité une hospitalisation depuis le 22 février 2010, dont 130 pour le seul mois d’août. Depuis le mois de mai, 13 décès ont été enregistrés ;

Pacific Games to cost $1.8K per athlete

Pacific Games Council secretary general David Boyd, sitting right, protocol director Helen Court Wabete, sitting second right, and NC2011 president Pascale Bastien-Thiry, sitting third right, pose with NMASA members after holding a special briefing at the conference room of the Gilbert ....