Image: cortomaltese, Flickr Scientists are reporting that Greenland is rising as the large weight of ice pressing down on land is melting. And the country’s elevation gains are speeding up. Glacial melt on Greenland is being watched very carefully because ice that is piled up on land flows into the

oceans when it melts, raising sea levels. Floating ice, on the other hand, already displaces a lot of water and has less impact of sea levels when it melts. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Greenland Rising as Ice Melts