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Megatsunami Risk On the Rise As Glacial Melt Drives Landslides
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Just under a year ago, the east coast of Greenland was hit by a megatsunami. Triggered by a large landslide entering the uninhabited Dickson Fjord, the resulting tsunami was 200 meters high -- equivalent to more than 40 double-decker buses. Luck...
Triggered by a large landslide entering the uninhabited Dickson Fjord, the resulting tsunami was 200 meters high -- equivalent to more than 40 double-decker buses. Angela Carrillo Ponce from the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, analyzed the seismic data, recorded at earthquake monitoring stations more than 3,000 miles (5,000km) away, and found signals persisting long after the 16 September 2023 landslide event. Using satellite images and computer modeling, Ponce and her colleagues were able to confirm the presence of a standing wave of about 1 meter in height which lasted for more than a week.
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