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Researchers: Sea level rise worldwide, but exception in Greenland

2026-01-28 09:21:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Researchers: Sea level rise worldwide, but exception in Greenland

Sea levels are rising globally, due to climate change and melting polar ice. This is expected to increase the risk of flooding, coastal erosion and serious impacts on coastal communities around the world.

However, a new study suggests something unusual about Greenland.

Even though Greenland's ice is melting due to global warming, local sea levels around the island are expected to fall, not rise as predicted for this particular area.

This effect is due to a combination of phenomena. The rise of the land beneath the ice, which occurs when the ice sheet loses its weight and the land "freezes." 

Reducing the gravitational force that Greenland's vast ice sheet exerts on the surrounding water; when the ice sheet expands, it pulls in water; when it melts and loses mass, the gravitational influence weakens, causing sea levels in the region to drop.

In a low-emissions scenario, the level could fall by about 0.9 meters by the end of the century, and in a high-emissions scenario by up to 2.5 meters, an outcome at odds with global sea level rise trends.

The study notes that as the ice mass falls, the land rises and the force of gravity pulling water towards the island decreases. These two phenomena together cause local sea levels around Greenland to fall even as global levels rise.

This lowering of sea levels could leave coastal communities, infrastructure and water transport lines no longer suited to the new conditions.





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