Is Greenland a country or no?

I ask you, what's the correct way of addressing Greenland in everyday English?

I would write: A Greenland country and not Greenland no country. But how about Greenland no country? The official name of the whole Arctic island is the Kingdom of Greenland. When Greenland got back its independence in 1979 this country disappeared and was replaced by a Danish protectorate. How about Greenland no country? Well, for some reasons, it is possible to address the whole island as a part of Denmark, and the official name is just Denmark in its national language. So, if Denmark itself has got back its independence, it still exists in Greenland, and the official name is Denmark. That is very awkward.

To make things more complicated, Greenland might be part of the Kingdom of Denmark and part of a country called Greenland, but, being a little bit detached from Denmark, it is even part of two states - the country of Denmark and the country of Greenland, if one accepts the two-level political system of Denmark. I cannot find the correct answer in any literature on the territory. It seems that there is no one standard that could define what Greenland should be called. I guess, both terms Country and Denmark can be used and there is no harm in calling Greenland a country, while it looks like only one small territory is being called.

Country is what we understand by that word when we are talking about Denmark. I suppose, Greenland is similar in many aspects to Denmark, and it could be considered as a country in a rather narrow sense. Even if it is not possible to call Greenland a country at the moment, still the people of Greenland are citizens of Denmark. It might be the best choice since for the people of Greenland neither Denmark nor Denmark is the official name. And when you are not aware about Greenland, the official name of Denmark will probably sound even more strange.

So, how do you call Greenland? The official name of Denmark is: The kingdom of Denmark. The duke of Denmark. If you choose the second variant, you are referring to the people of Greenland as citizens of Denmark and you would also make yourself a citizen of Denmark. Otherwise, you could choose the first variant and keep yourself separate from Denmark as much as you want.

Is Greenland colder than Iceland?

(and vice versa)

What I mean is that it's really cold here. It's so cold I can freeze water in my mouth.

Iceland is also cold, but not as cold as Greenland. The average temperature is around 6 degrees C and the average temperature in summertime is 16 degrees C. But then, Iceland doesn't have snow and ice as much as Greenland does, so the temperatures are colder, even if Greenland has much more of it than Iceland.

(and vice versa). I know. I'd prefer to say Iceland is colder than Greenland, but then I would be wrong. In any case, I don't care how they're classified, I just know that if I stay there, Greenland would definitely turn into a lake of frozen snow before I could get out of there.

Re: Is Greenland colder than Iceland? (and vice versa). The way you put that, it sounds like you're looking for answer in spite of the fact that you know you can't find it. You know for a fact that, yes, Greenland is colder than Iceland. Yes, that's what you're saying. (and vice versa)
Originally Posted by Natsume. Oh yes. Well, even though I know that and I agree that it's true, I'm saying I don't care about the correct answer anyway. Because if you ask me which of the two countries is colder, Greenland or Iceland, I'll just ignore your question and say that the one that's colder is Iceland. I'm not thinking about the actual answer.

What happens at end of Greenland?

How will Greenland get energy for future?

Greenland will start to run out of ice-cover before too long, a researcher says, and may have to rely on renewable sources of energy or trade goods. What happens then? A large and stable ice-sheet in Greenland may be the cause of global sea-level rise, and scientists are increasingly focusing on its loss and whether it will alter the ocean level permanently. The ice sheet lies at the base of the world's largest and fastest current glaciers and contributes about 20 percent of the sea-level rise caused by manmade factors. And it has been shrinking for decades. However, little is known about its end, with most attention so far focusing on the rate of retreat. This has resulted in some controversy. One of the reasons why the topic of glacial retreat is hard to assess may because of what happens to that ice when it does finally disappear. At the same time, there are indications that the melt may slow after a period of relatively rapid decline during the past decade. Greenland's ice sheet is located at the very edge of the planet, where it becomes a peninsula between the Atlantic and the North Pole. As a continent-sized sheet of ice that is held up by gravity, it acts like a shelf, but is thicker than the shelf that lies below the North Pole, and has even been likened to an island. Greenland's ice sheet is not only very thick, it's also quite broad, covering almost 70,000 square miles (180,000 km2) - more than double the area of California. It is currently about 700,000 km3 in volume, while it has lost as much as 800 cubic kilometres (182 cubic miles) of ice volume over the past few years. It is also relatively thick when compared to other ice sheets that cover land; other studies have found that the thickness of the ice ranges from about 20 to 80 m. Greenland has enough ice to provide a significant mass loss - potentially between 5 and 9 meters for each 1% reduction in the total mass of the ice, due to melting. Scientists estimate that the current ice sheet is only around 3.6 metres thick - and most are convinced that it is likely to lose the equivalent of several more metres of ice if it were to melt all at once. So far, the mass of the ice sheet has remained fairly constant.