One of Earth's continents is 'rising'.

What happens in Antarctica has global implications.

PHOTO: MCGILL UNIVERSITY

Antarctica is shedding weight, allowing the continent to rise from the ocean much like a sponge that has been compressed for a long time but is now released and expands back to its original size.

The weight that was released is ice.

The process occurring in Antarctica is called post-icemelt continental uplift, and research predicts that developments there will have a huge impact on global sea level rise in the future.

"With nearly 700 million people living on coastlines worldwide and the risk of losses due to sea level rise from melting ice reaching trillions of dollars by the end of this century, understanding the domino effect of melting ice in Antarctica is extremely important," according to glaciologist Natalya Gomez of McGill University (Canada).

To understand what is happening in Antarctica, expert Gomez and his colleagues used 3D models to simulate sea level rise caused by changes in land mass in Antarctica under different scenarios.

The results show that if the temperature increase is kept low, developments in Antarctica will cause sea levels to rise by an additional 1.7 meters by 2500 compared to current data.

However, this figure could rise to 19.5 meters if humans continue to allow global warming to develop unchecked.

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