Global climate change is causing irreversible changes in our world. However, these changes are not limited to rising sea levels. Recent research shows that Antarctica is rising from the ocean and this rise could have major impacts on our planet.
Why is Antarctica’s rise from the ocean important?
Scientists call this process “post-glacial uplift” and the new data shows that it could have a major impact on global sea levels. Antarctica’s rise from the ocean could reduce the continent’s contribution to total sea level by up to 40 percent. However, the effects of this process may not be limited to this; if more fossil fuels are used and more heat is trapped, this rise in Antarctica could accelerate and worsen the situation.
This phenomenon has caught the attention of many scientists. Despite the rise in sea levels in recent years, sea levels around Antarctica have not risen significantly. Instead, the continent gave the impression that it was rising from the ocean. This suggests that Antarctica is slowly rising from the ocean as the ice on the ice shelves melts.
Antarctica’s rise from the ocean level is just one of the unexpected consequences of global climate change. Because our planet is not a perfectly flat sphere, different regions experience different changes in sea level. But this change in Antarctica is happening in a way that doesn’t match the shape of the planet.
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