Land levels rise in Greenland as ice rapidly melts

The land in Greenland is rising as its ice melts at a record rate, according to scientists.

Voicing his concerns over the future of the country in the Atlantic Ocean, Tim Dixon, lead investigator of the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) study, said the speed at which the ice is melting is worrying.

Mr Dixon, a professor of geophysics, said: "It's been known for several years that climate change is contributing to the melting of Greenland's ice sheet… Ice is melting so fast that we can actually see the land uplift."
The study, published in Nature Geoscience, showed that some areas of Greenland, which is covered in ice nearly two kilometres thick, are rising by one inch per year as the weight of the ice is lifted from its surface.

It also predicted that by 2025, it could grow by as much as two inches a year.

Earlier this month, it was reported that 1.5 million icebergs the size of the one that sunk the Titanic melt each year forcing sea levels to rise.
Posted by Joseph Hutton