Iceland Rising as Climate Change Causes Glaciers to Melt, Researchers Say

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By Yale Environment 360Jan 29, 2015, 11:52 am75 pts
The crust under Iceland is rebounding as climate change melts the island's great ice caps, researchers report in the GPS stations measure Iceland crust movement journal Geophysical Research Letters. The current rapid rising, or uplift, of the Icelandic crust is a result of accelerated melting of the island's…

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