Greenland’s Unexplained Uplift: New Land Emerges Faster Than Rising Oceans
An unusual geophysical phenomenon is occurring in Greenland, where the land is rising at a faster rate than the rising oceans. This surprising occurrence is the result of the elevating bedrock, which is creating new land in Greenland’s seas, including small islands and skerries like Uunartoq Qeqertaq. The rising land has even been officially recognized and added to Greenland’s maps in 2005. Scientists from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have been monitoring this unusual …