As global warming melts the ice that covers 80% of the island, it has spurred demand for Greenland's potentially abundant reserves of hard-to-find minerals with names like neodymium and dysprosium
An iceberg that feeds the fjord near Narsaq, Greenland, Aug. 21, 2021. Greenland has rare elements needed for electric cars and wind turbines. But protesters are blocking one project, signaling that mining companies must tread carefully. (Carsten Snejbjerg/The New York Times)
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