Columbia University: Greenland Rising - Future of Greenland's Waterfront
February 06, 2020
February 06, 2020
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news:
While much of the world is planning for flooding and inundation from changes in sea level, Greenland is facing a much different future. Since the last glacial maximum, about 20,000 years ago, Greenland has been shedding ice, sending it into the surrounding ocean. For much of the world, this has translated into rising sea levels along coastlines, but for Greenland there is a differen . . .
While much of the world is planning for flooding and inundation from changes in sea level, Greenland is facing a much different future. Since the last glacial maximum, about 20,000 years ago, Greenland has been shedding ice, sending it into the surrounding ocean. For much of the world, this has translated into rising sea levels along coastlines, but for Greenland there is a differen . . .