Rising temperatures could create a tsunami in the Arctic
The geologist Andrea Camerlenghi at ICREA in the University of Barcelona engaged in Arctic expeditions in 2012 and 2013 to assess possible risks arising from the connections of this chain of events
Monday 30 January 2012
Tsunamis such as those that hit Sumatra and Japan have nothing to do with climate change. They are geological phenomena. 'However, the process of rising temperatures in the Arctic region is able to produce a series of events that connect the thaw with the giant waves', explained Angelo Camerlenghi, a researcher who will participate this year and in 2013 shipments in''Arctic to assess the risk of this chain of events.
