# Megatsunami Risk On the Rise As Glacial Melt Drives Landslides 🌊

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/megatsunami-risk-on-the-rise-as-glacial-melt-drives-landslides/289724>\
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**Created:** [August 24, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/megatsunami-risk-on-the-rise-as-glacial-melt-drives-landslides/289724 "2024-08-24T09:11:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/megatsunami-risk-on-the-rise-as-glacial-melt-drives-landslides/289724/1 "2024-08-24T09:11:27Z")

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**Summary:**

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1. **Recent Megatsunami**  
A recent landslide in Greenland’s Dickson Fjord caused a 200-meter-high megatsunami, which, although not deadly, destroyed a military base and created a persistent standing wave that lasted for days.

2. **Seismic Analysis**  
Research from the German Research Centre for Geosciences revealed that seismic data and satellite imagery confirmed a 1-meter-high standing wave lasting over a week, highlighting the extended impact of such events.

3. **Increased Risk**  
Climate change is accelerating glacier and permafrost melt in Greenland, raising the risk of more landslides and megatsunamis, with recent events showing increasing frequency and potential for destruction.

**Read more at:** [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com)