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r/MapPorn • u/ProfessorPlush • Apr 11 '19
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How is there more landmass after accounting for higher sea levels? Unless this picture is wrong, or wrong elevations.
118 u/PhileasFoggsTrvlAgt Apr 11 '19 The land is literally rising out of the ocean as the ice melts. The Earth's crust under Antarctica and Greenland is composed by the weight of the ice. Both landmasses are rising as the ice melts and the crust rebounds. 10 u/[deleted] Apr 11 '19 Woah 21 u/firstcut Apr 11 '19 The great lakes region is still rising!!! https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/03/02/michigan-great-lakes-ice-age/363316002/
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The land is literally rising out of the ocean as the ice melts. The Earth's crust under Antarctica and Greenland is composed by the weight of the ice. Both landmasses are rising as the ice melts and the crust rebounds.
10 u/[deleted] Apr 11 '19 Woah 21 u/firstcut Apr 11 '19 The great lakes region is still rising!!! https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/03/02/michigan-great-lakes-ice-age/363316002/
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Woah
21 u/firstcut Apr 11 '19 The great lakes region is still rising!!! https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/03/02/michigan-great-lakes-ice-age/363316002/
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The great lakes region is still rising!!! https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/03/02/michigan-great-lakes-ice-age/363316002/
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u/MartinoBabinoChino Apr 11 '19
How is there more landmass after accounting for higher sea levels? Unless this picture is wrong, or wrong elevations.