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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami

Aerial view of fjord before and after landslide and tsunami
The fjord system before (left) and after landslide and tsunami. Photograph: Planet Labs

A landslide and mega-tsunami in Greenland in September 2023, triggered by the climate crisis, caused the entire Earth to vibrate for nine days, a scientific investigation has found.

The seismic event was detected by earthquake sensors around the world but was so completely unprecedented that the researchers initially had no idea what had caused it. Having now solved the mystery, the scientists said it showed how global heating was already having planetary-scale impacts and that major landslides were possible in places previously believed to be stable as temperatures rapidly rose.

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