"Climate change which U.S. President Donald Trump calls the greatest con job ever perpetrated in the world is precisely what is driving the push to gain control of Greenland, an ambition openly declared by Trump. Human-caused global warming is reaching record levels in the Arctic region. This triggers ice melt, opening new shipping routes that major powers want to control, as well as theoretically easier access to the island's resources minerals and fossil fuels."
"Copernicus, in collaboration with several international agencies and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), released its 2025 climate summary on Wednesday, showing that the year ended as the third-warmest on record since at least 1850, the point when humans began burning fossil fuels on a massive scale the main driver of global warming."
"The warmest year on record is 2024, followed by 2023. In other words, the last three years are the hottest ever recorded, further proof of the climate change Trump denies. While some factors have influenced the recent streak of hot years, Burgess clarifies that the main cause is the record concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere."
The Arctic is warming three to four times faster than the global average, producing record regional heat. 2025 ended as the third-warmest year on record, following 2024 and 2023, making the last three years the hottest recorded since at least 1850. Record concentrations of greenhouse gases are the primary driver of recent warming. Accelerated ice loss is exposing new shipping routes and simplifying theoretical access to Greenland's minerals and fossil fuels. Growing geopolitical interest aims to control those routes and resources. Climate denial by political leaders contrasts with the observed trajectory of global warming.
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