The rising temperatures in Ilulissat are causing the permafrost to melt, buildings to sink and pipes to crack but they also have consequences that ripple across the rest of the world.
Strategic resources have been central to the American-led global system for decades, as a historian explains. But US actions toward Greenland today are different.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned European leaders over the weekend that President Donald Trump is serious about taking control of Greenland from Denmark.