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Landslides like this, scientists say, are happening more frequently with climate change - as the glaciers that support Greenland's mountains melt.
The results of the investigation into this event, which are published in the journal Science, are the result of a detective mission involving an international team of scientists and the Danish Navy.
“When colleagues first spotted this signal last year, it looked nothing like an earthquake. We called it an ‘unidentified seismic object’,” recalled Dr Stephen Hicks from UCL, one of the scientists involved.
“It kept appearing - every 90 seconds for nine days.”
A group of curious scientists started to discuss the baffling signal on an online chat platform.

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Scientists say it was 'pure luck' that there were no boats in the area when the landslide happened

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The event at Dickson Fjord, Dr Hicks added, “is the perhaps first time a climate change event has impacted the crust beneath our feet all the world over.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cged3jd8llyo