TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Geological events may have passed, but discussions surrounding it continue to unfold. Last August, a megatsunami struck Tracy Arm Fjord in Tongass National Forest after a massive rock landslide collapsed into the water.
As The Independent noted, researchers confirmed the landslide was triggered by global warming, or climate change. Rising temperatures caused the glacier that once supported the mountain to retreat significantly, leaving the rock face without its natural reinforcement.
Scientists recorded the megatsunami as the second-highest ever observed, with waves towering up to 481 meters (1,578 feet). The height estimate came from examining the visible damage across the surrounding landscape, particularly the stripped vegetation.
Evidently, the waves were taller than The Shard, Empire State Building, and Eiffel Tower, according to reports from Sky News and The Guardian.
Occurred at around 05:30 AM local time on August 10, fortunately, no ships or cruise vessels were present in the area, meaning there were no victims or injuries.
For a destination as popular as this one, the timing was fortunate in the truest sense. Still, the event violently stripped away vegetation and left visible scars across the steep rock walls.
Dan Shugar, a geomorphologist at the University of Calgary and lead author of the study published in Science, emphasized: “The fact that the landslide occurred this early in the morning was unbelievably lucky. Next time — and there will be a next time — we may not be so lucky.”
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