Geography class: Climate change risks triggering catastrophic tsunamis, scientist warns

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• Climate change and hazardous earth 

Click to read the article below and then answer the questions:

Climate change risks triggering catastrophic tsunamis, scientist warns

• Outline how the melting of Greenland’s ice cap could trigger increased seismic activity in the area.

• Examine how this increase in seismic activity could lead to submarine earthquakes.

• How are scientists monitoring the isostatic rebound around Greenland and Iceland? 

• Is this hazard limited to the Greenland ice cap or are other areas around the world at risk?

  
  Additional research: investigate the great Storegga earthquake: when did it occur, what are the estimated impacts from the event along the coast of the British Isles, and what evidence exists that a tsunami occurred?

Alasdair Monteith, Gordonstoun