Scientists are surprised at the speed with which Greenland’s ice is melting and the corresponding surge of the land mass beneath.
Findings published in an upcoming edition of Nature Geoscience show that the rapidly melting ice in Greenland is causing the land mass beneath to rise as the weight is lifted off the rock. According to scientists at the University of Miami, the ice is melting so quickly that the land underneath is rising at an accelerated pace, moving up in some areas by nearly one inch per year.
If the current speed with which the land rises continues the figure could be as much as two inches per year by 2025 and see Greenland become the world’s largest contributor to sea level rise. (more…)