Climate Change Is Lifting Iceland – And It Could Mean More Volcanic Eruptions

Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Raw Story: Science
Fri, 01/30/2015 - 6:39pm

Land moving upward faster than researchers expected at 1.4in every year, allowing ‘hot potato’ rocks to rise Iceland is rising because of climate change, with land freed by the melting of the ice caps rebounding from the Earth at a rate of up to 1.4in per year. The downside? Researchers believe the ...

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