The reason the cause is in debate is because the volume of water was unexpected.
Glaciers are frozen. Glacial collapse means the frozen glacier collapses - like a frozen landslide. Glacial dam outburst is when water that’s been trapped by the glacier suddenly bursts out. The seismic activity around the event is a confusing data point, because it was initially thought to be a rock face collapse that caused the glacier to fall.
It’s not so much a ‘duh’ as they didn’t think there was that much water under these glaciers. Now scientists are trying to figure out what they don’t know.
Tonight, at nine: Scientists trying to figure out what they don’t know.
I know, it’s kind of silly to say, but people are acting like it’s self-evident, but it’s sort of not.
https://youtu.be/ORPDEvHJZpA?is=WnRiSCQgPba9eTel
France24 did this video recreation of the collapse
Holy shit that is a massive glacier collapsing.
This is insightful, thanks for sharing. What happened is so devastating.
It’s just gonna keep happening. Kill fossil fuels
We are! One barrel at a time!
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Glaciers have been in retreat for millennia. The Great Lakes exist because the massive glacier that recently used to be there was so heavy, it caused a huge depression in the Earth’s crust. All gone. It was never going to stop. We’re just making it happen faster.
Word ‘faster’ is an understatement.
It’s like saying that killing a child is ethically not problemic, their death just happens earlier. No biggie!
It did. There’s video
in other news, breaking research suggests water might possibly be wet
eyeroll
stfu
