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France 24
France 24
Environment
Paul MILLAR

What Greenland’s nine-day mega-tsunami tells us about climate change

An aerial view taken on October 4, 2023 shows a glacier in northern Greenland. © Thomas Traasdahl, AFP

A seismic signal heard across the world last September for nine days has been traced back to a trapped tsunami triggered by a landslide in the remote fjords of Greenland. Climate scientists say that the collapse seems to have been set off by melting glaciers – a phenomenon that is more and more common in the face of the man-made climate crisis.

Did you feel the Earth move beneath your feet last September? For nine days, sensors across the world registered the same rhythmic shudder, every 90 seconds, regular as a heartbeat. 

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