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Greenland Shifts Northwest: 2cm Per Year Due to Climate Change

10/31/2025

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Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) analyzed 20 years of GPS data and found Greenland shifts northwest by about 2 centimeters per year.
The retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, along with climate change, has accelerated ice loss and sea level rise.
The evolving Greenland shape has implications for navigation and surveying.
The findings are published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

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Story summary

Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) analyzed 20 years of GPS data and found Greenland shifts northwest by about 2 centimeters per year.
The retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, along with climate change, has accelerated ice loss and sea level rise.
The evolving Greenland shape has implications for navigation and surveying.
The findings are published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.