Why Finland’s Land is Growing in Size

While many countries either don’t change in size or get smaller, Finland is only growing larger. Finland increases its surface area by about 2.7 square miles (4.3 square kilometers) every year because of a natural phenomenon. It is known as the Fennoscandian land uplift, a gradual appearance of more land on Finnish coastlines. Observations were made as far back as 1491 when residents of the city of Östhammar noticed that the shoreline of their city had moved so much that they could no longer use their harbor. The same was happening in other areas of the country. Early researchers thought it was being caused by sea levels dropping, but an entirely different phenomenon was at play. It wasn’t until a system of precise leveling was used, starting in 1892, that it was discovered that the sea levels weren’t dropping, but the land was rising. <a href="https://medium.com/knowledge-stew/why-finlands-land-is-growing-in-size-85eeb6012e60">Website</a>