Thursday, September 6, 2018

Melting glaciers are triggering the world's biggest tsunamis, posing growing threat to B.C.

Bretwood Higman

A powerful wave as tall as 55-storey building crashed through a fjord in Alaska in 2015, stripping the mountainsides of trees and dirt. It was triggered by a landslide — and researchers say such tsunamis could pose an increasing risk in places like Western Canada as climate change melts glaciers.



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