Thanks To Global Warming, Everyone Wants To Mine Greenland's Uranium Deposit
• Business InsiderDenmark's Politiken via Presseurop reports that thanks to global warming, Greenland's icy surface is melting away, and many believe it's too poor to refuse the opportunity. The country sits on top of the fifth-largest uranium deposit in the world.
Revenues from fishing are falling, and so are grants from Denmark (which controls Greenland), which is forcing the Greenlanders to experiment. Few who do not know Greenland can grasp the extent of the poverty there.
Chinese and South Korean firms, as well as Alcoa, have already begun circling the landmass.
