Greenland's Under-Ice Riches Could Shift the Global Resource Map

Greenland sits on vast, largely under‑ice reserves of critical resources—rare earth elements, other minerals, and substantial hydrocarbons—tied to its complex geologic history. While onshore and sub-ice deposits could reshape the global supply of REEs and energy minerals, exploration is expensive, environmentally sensitive, and tightly regulated, with climate-driven ice melt potentially both opening and complicating access.