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How Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Raises Shorelines After Ice Retreat

Quick fact

Around Hudson Bay, the land is still rebounding at a rate of about 1–1.5 cm per year, a process that began 10,000 years ago when the last ice sheets retreated.

Why this is interesting

If you stood on a Swedish island, you'd be slowly rising out of the sea even as global sea levels climb. Why would the ground rise after the ice that once weighed it down is gone?