Why is Greenland mostly uninhabitable while Iceland isn't?

Greenland, despite is moniker is mostly covered with ice and glaciers with a few towns perched along the shore. Iceland is further south and being an island warmed by the remains of the Gulf Stream current, it's not as cold and ice covered. read more

Greenland, despite is moniker is mostly covered with ice and glaciers with a few towns perched along the shore. Iceland is further south and being an island warmed by the remains of the Gulf Stream current, it's not as cold and ice covered. read more

Meanwhile, thanks to the Gulf Stream, Iceland’s sea surface temperatures can be about 10ºF (6ºC) warmer than Greenland. The milder climate means summers are intensely green throughout Iceland, even though 11 percent of that country is still covered with permanent ice cap. read more

Country rates range from less than 1 to as high as 31 per 100,000 in Lithuania, the country with the highest rate. The thing is, Greenland isn’t on this list because it’s not an independent country. If it were, it would be the country with by far the highest rate, at 107 suicides per 100,000 people. read more

Greenland, despite is moniker is mostly covered with ice and glaciers with a few towns perched along the shore. Iceland is further south and being an island warmed by the remains of the Gulf Stream current, it's not as cold and ice covered. read more

Greenland, like Iceland, is also a transcontinental country, but for a different reason. While all of Greenland is on the North American plate (so, as I said before, it is geologically part of North America) it is a territory of Denmark, which is firmly in Europe. read more