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Columbia Seismologist Warns Glacier Retreat Is Making Deadly Tsunamis More Likely

24 Sep 2026 3:00 p.m. · Source: Columbia University

Columbia's Goran Ekstrom explains how a 200-million-ton rock collapse sent water 1,500 feet up an Alaska fjord, and why retreating glaciers make such tsunamis more likely near cruise routes.

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