A new approach to modelling patterns of glacio-isostatic land uplift during the Holocene in mainland Scotland, UK, is described. The approach is based upon altitude measurements at the inner margin or ...

The Committee inscribed The High Coast under natural criterion (i). Criterion (i): The site is one of the places in the world that is experiencing isostatic uplift as a result of deglaciation.

In an earlier publication, Norton and Hampel proposed post-glacial uplift promoted the re-advance of glaciers at the onset of the Younger Dryas by enlarging their accumulation areas, and estimated a ...

Every year the Alps still grow by 0.03-0.06 inches (1 to 2 millimeters). The classic theory of plate tectonics attributes this to the African plate colliding with the European plate and so squeezing ...

The unexpectedly rapid rebound of the Amundsen Sea Embayment (ASE) may help stabilize the West Antarctic Ice Sheet against catastrophic collapse, says a new study offering a rare silver-lining in ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

CHENNAI, (REUTERS) – Mount Everest is Earth’s tallest mountain – towering 5.5 miles above sea level – and is still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an inexorable uplift ...

Richard Aster receives funding from the National Science Foundation. He s affiliated with Colorado State University. Valentina Roberta Barletta is affiliated with DTU Space, Denmark Working in West ...