5 ways climate change boosts tsunami threat, from collapsing ice shelves to sea level rise
- Written by: Jane Cunneen, Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University
ShutterstockThe enormous eruption of the underwater volcano in Tonga, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, triggered a tsunami that reached countries all around the Pacific rim, even causing a disastrous oil spill along 21 beaches in Peru.
In Tonga, waves about 2 metres high were recorded before the sea level gauge failed, and waves of up to 15m hit the...
