A landslide rang Earth like a gong for over a week. Climate change made it possible
The scientists said the landslide sent an estimated that 25 million cubic meters of rock and ice crashing into Dickson Fjord from a collapsing 1.2 kilometer-tall (roughly three-quarters of a mile high) mountain peak. The resulting splashdown sent water surging 655 feet in the air, then created a 360-foot wave that crossed 6.2 miles of the fjord.
In 2011, a ghostly depression, known as "the mitten," appeared on the surface of and ice sheet in Greenland after the ...
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The Oldest Evidence Of DNA On Earth Is 2 Million Years Old And Was Discovered In GreenlandThe DNA comes from reindeer, geese, hares, rodents, crabs, and even mastodon. Also poplar, birch, thuja trees, and a variety ...
Although landslide-tsunamis have been recorded before, the one in September 2023 was the first ever seen in east Greenland, ...
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Greenland’s Climate-Driven Megatsunami Caused The Whole Earth To Shake For 9 DaysLast year, a landslide sent a wall of water 200 meters (650 feet) high rushing down a Greenland fjord. Thankfully, not only ...
Greenland's ice melt is accelerating due to climate change, doubling extreme melt episodes and raising sea levels.
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