The tsunami was the result of melting glacial ice, which caused a landslide that displaced water in a Greenland fjord. The waves it created bounced back and forth across the fjord for nine days.

One to gain a better understanding of the region's air composition, the other to quantify the greenhouse gases sequestered in Greenland fjords sourced by glacial water. In the Arctic—a region ...

Enroute to the fjord, Oden encountered heavy ice in the Lincoln Sea, but through the experience and competence of the crew, it managed to reach this important objective. Entering the Victoria ...

It turns out that our planet was rocked by a mega tsunami trapped inside a fjord after a mountaintop collapse. The gigantic wave, measuring 650 feet (200 meters) high, sloshed back and forth ...

Outer Banks homes on brink of collapse as erosion, king tides worsen Seven North Carolina homes have already collapsed in the past four years. Posted 2024-09-16T21:10:10+00:00 - Updated 2024-09 ...

Shorelines worldwide have always been vulnerable to coastal erosion, a phenomenon rendered more ominous by rising sea levels that accompany modern-day climate change (SN: 9/29/22). Coastal ...

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The developer adds another shortcut and….round and round it goes. Software erosion eventually becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy – a destabilizing chain reaction, where the tiniest quality-of ...

A construction crew demolishes a house at the end of East Beacon Drive on Rodanthe Beach. The demolition is a part of a pilot program to combat erosion and prevent debris fields when homes collapse.

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UDRI maintains and operates the US Air Force's Rain Erosion Test Facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton. This facility is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials ...

Researchers have found evidence of a large wave that resulted from a landslide and glacier melting in Greenland. The nine-day ...