The geological process at work, researchers said, is called isostatic rebound.

研究人员表示，正在发挥作用的地质过程被称为均衡反弹。

Isostatic rebound involves the rise of land masses on Earth's crust when the weight of the surface declines.

均衡反弹地表重量下降时地陆地质量的上升。

" Isostatic rebound can be likened to a floating object adjusting its position when weight is removed, " said Jin-Gen Dai of China University of Geosciences in Beijing.

北京中国地质大学的戴金根说：“地均衡反弹可以比作一个浮物在失重时调整自己的位置。”

Isostatic sea level change isn't caused by that meltwater, but rather the Earth's crust slowly springing back from the released weight of the glaciers, making some places rise and others sink.

地均衡海平面变化并非由融水引起，而是地球地在冰川消融减轻重压后缓慢回弹的结果，导致某些地区上升， 其他地区下沉。