As the planet warms, seas will rise around the world — but not in Greenland, where they are projected to fall by several feet, according to a new study.
As the planet warms, seas will rise around the world — but not in Greenland, where they are projected to fall by several feet, according to a new study.
The reasons are twofold. First, the massive Greenland ice sheet, which at its center is roughly a mile thick, compresses the land underneath. As the ice melts, the land rebounds, rising above the sea.
Second, the Greenland ice sheet is so large that it exerts a gravitational pull on surrounding waters, drawing them higher. But in a warming Arctic, Greenland is shedding some 200 billion tons of ice a year. As its gravitational pull wanes, waters recede.
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