As Iceland’s glaciers melt its land has started to rise (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by Theresa , Monday, February 02, 2015, 05:15

As Iceland’s glaciers melt because of global warming, there is less weight pushing down on the land, which has started to rise, by as much as 1.4 inches annually in some areas, say scientists from the University of Iceland and the University of Arizona in a new study.

Imagine what happens to the surface of a trampoline as you get off it – it rises when your weight is gone. In Iceland’s case, the surface of the trampoline is the land (Earth’s crust).

The research team have also forecast that volcanic activity is likely to increase – about 12,000 years ago, during the last deglaciation, volcanic eruptions were more frequent and more intense.

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