Why Greenland? Remote but resource-rich island occupies a key position in a warming world

Trump has long expressed interest in acquiring the country, with his eyes purely focused on its wealth of natural resources

Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking shape all over the planet. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Remote, icy and mostly pristine, Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking shape all over the planet.

Greenland is where climate change, scarce resources, tense geopolitics and new trade patterns all intersect, said Ohio University security and environment professor Geoff Dabelko.