As much of the world faces the challenge of rising sea levels due to the melting of Greenland’s ice sheet, the situation on the Greenlandic mainland is quite different. The land is actually rising faster than the current sea level.
“These significant land uplifts that we have observed indicate that local changes in Greenland are occurring rapidly, impacting life in the region and altering Greenland’s map as new land emerges from the sea, forming new small islands and skerries over time,” explained Danjal Longfors Berg, a Ph.D. student at DTU Space and the lead author of a recent study on land uplift in Greenland published in Geophysical Research Letters.
The study is based on data from GNET, a network of 61 measurement stations along Greenland’s coasts, owned and operated by the Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure, a part of the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Utilities.
“GNET is a crucial geodetic infrastructure that provides data for measuring ice melting and land uplift, allowing researchers, including those at DTU Space, to accurately monitor climate changes,” said Morten Hvidberg, the agency’s Vice Director.
2024-02-01 18:00:05
Original from phys.org