A landmark study has found a link between climate change and rising land in Iceland. Scientists at the University of Arizona found that some parts of Iceland may be rising by as much as 1.4 inches a year.
The study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that Iceland's glacier melting causes the land surface to rise by reducing the pressure on the land. The researchers studied the land's movement with 62 global positioning system receivers across Iceland.
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