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9. The other is tsunamis

Mon Apr 10, 2017, 11:31 AM

Apr 2017

It happened during the last glacial retreat http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160323-the-terrifying-tsunami-that-devastated-britain

And the expansion and release of undersea methane caused devastating tsunamis in prehistoric Britain https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide

No one ever talks about this. I wonder why? (Not a sarcastic question.)

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Unprecedented N. Atlantic Iceberg Armada: Starting Gun Of A Heinrich Event? [View all] hatrack Apr 2017 OP

Isn't this just Chinese propaganda? Victor_c3 Apr 2017 #1

One of the worst of the worst that could happen . Heinrich event lunasun Apr 2017 #2

The other is tsunamis cagefreesoylentgreen Apr 2017 #9

I'm trying to absorb what I just saw. democrank Apr 2017 #4

hatrack rules. byronius Apr 2017 #5

In depth article about the decline of Greenland's glaciers csziggy Apr 2017 #6

How many millennia just went thundering into the ocean? DK504 Apr 2017 #8

"sea level rose about 20 meters in approximately 400 years" NickB79 Apr 2017 #11