Even as global warming causes sea levels to rise worldwide, sea levels around Greenland will likely drop, according to a new paper in Nature Communications.
Even as global warming causes sea levels to rise worldwide, sea levels around Greenland will likely drop, according to a new paper in Nature Communications.
“The Greenland coastline is going to experience quite a different outcome,” says lead author Lauren Lewright, a PhD student in geophysics working at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, which is part of the Columbia Climate School. “Sea level in Greenland is actually projected to fall.”
According to the study, the decline in sea level will likely measure about 0.9 meters (nearly three feet) in a low-emissions future and 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) in a high-emissions future by the year 2100.
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