From Euronews, January 28:
Scientists say Greenland’s sinking sea levels will have a ripple
effect on coastal communities, shipping routes, fishing and
infrastructure.
Rising temperatures are causing sea levels to rise around the world, putting millions at risk of severe flooding and coastal erosion. But in Greenland, the opposite is happening.
Researchers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, which is part of the Columbia Climate School, warn that sea levels around the autonomous island are actually projected to fall despite heat-trapping emissions triggering record ice melt.
The study, published in Science Communications, predicts that in a low-emissions future, the decline in sea level will likely measure around 0.9 metres by the year 2100. In a high-emissions future, this will drop to 2.5 metres.
Why are Greenland's sea levels set to sink?
It may seem paradoxical that a nation covered predominantly in ice could face a drop in sea levels in a warming world, but this is exactly why Greenland is an anomaly. As the ice sheet loses mass, the land beneath it rises – free from its immense weight....
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