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Greenland to suspend all oil exploration because …

In this file photo dated July 2007, an Inuit seal hunter touches a dead seal atop a melting iceberg near Ammassalik Island, Greenland. (AP Photo/John McConnico, FILE)

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Big chunk breaks off Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf

In this Aug. 16, 2019 file photo, icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland. According to a study released on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet (1.25 meters) of water. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in record melt …

In this Aug. 16, 2019 file photo, a woman stands next to an antenna at an NYU base camp at the Helheim glacier in Greenland. According to a study released on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet (1.25 meters) of water. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Study: Greenland’s ice sheet has melted to a point of …

An aerial photo taken Aug. 17, 2019, shows a view of the Apusiajik glacier on the southeastern shore of Greenland. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP / Getty Images)

U.S. eases international travel restrictions, allows nonessential …

People walk through Pennsylvania Station as city workers attempt to hand out information sheets to travelers arriving by train from states affected by rules requiring 14-day quarantines on Aug. 6, 2020 in New York City. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that units to enforce the new rules will establish COVID-19 quarantine checkpoints at various bridges, tunnels, train stations and other points of entry as New York works to contain the pandemic. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Ocean warming is melting away more than 300 gigatons of …

Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, scientists have made detailed measurements of how the elevation of the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctic have changed over 16 years. (K. Ramsayer/NASA via CNN)

Trump Says Danish Prime Minister’s Comments Were ‘Nasty’ …

This combination of photos created on Aug. 20, 2019, shows Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (left) at a joint press conference on July 11, 2019 at the Chancellery in Berlin and U.S. President Donald Trump before boarding Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, on Aug. 18, 2019. President Trump announced on Aug. 20, 2019, that he was postponing an upcoming meeting with Denmark's prime minster due to her lack of interest in selling Greenland to the United States.(Credit: TOBIAS SCHWARZ,NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

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Trump Cancels Denmark Visit After Danish PM Dismisses …

Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Romania's President Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 20, 2019. (Credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump’s Idea of Buying Greenland Is ‘Absurd,’ Danish …

Zion Lutheran Church, built in 1779, stands on Disko Bay on August 04, 2019 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

White House Confirms Trump’s Interest in Buying Greenland; …

Icebergs in the Ilulissat Icefjord loom behind buildings on Aug. 4, 2019 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

President Trump Has Discussed the U.S. Buying Greenland: …

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Aug. 15, 2019. (Credit: Nicholas Kamm / AFP / Getty Images)

Greenland Loses 2 Billion Tons of Ice in a Single …

Greenland's massive ice sheets contain enough water to raise global sea levels by 23 feet, and a new study shows that they are melting at a rate "unprecedented" over centuries -- and likely thousands of years. (Credit: Christian Streib/CNN)

Greenland Is Melting Faster Than Experts Thought, …

Ice flows from Helheim Glacier into Sermilik Fjord, in eastern Greenland. (Credit: Christian Steib/CNN)

11-Million-Ton Iceberg Is Threatening a Village in …

An 11-million-ton iceberg is threatening the isolated fishing village of Innaarsuit, Greenland. (Credit: CNN)