A giant iceberg threatens the small village of Greenland

Add another potential disaster to the list of climate change risks: iceberg caused tsunamis.

Residents of the Innaarsuit community in Greenland were ordered to move to higher ground after an iceberg of 100 meters (about 330 feet) floated dangerously close to their shores, The Guardian reported Saturday.

"We are concerned that the iceberg may be calving [break apart] and sending a flood to the village," Greenland police officer Lina Davidsen told the Guardian, who has moved a search and rescue helicopter near the village.

The threat of the iceberg arose several days after scientists from the University of New York captured a film from another four-mile iceberg on a Greenland glacier, reminiscent of the accelerated rate of ice melt and the rising danger of sea level.

David Holland, one of the researchers at New York University who captured the images, has placed the presence the iceberg near the village in context for people who do not encounter mbadive floating ice in their daily lives. If you lived in the suburbs, you woke up one morning and looked out, and there was a skyscraper next to your house, "Holland told NPR." I'll be the first to get out of there. "

Although Susanne Elibaden, a member of the Innaarsuit council, told the Guardian that it was not unusual to see large icebergs near her community, this one was unique. 19659003] "[T] his iceberg is the largest we've ever seen … and there are cracks and holes that make us afraid of being able to calve at any time," she said. a tsunami that left four dead and 11 wounded in Nuutgaatsiaq, Greenland, and there is a risk that the geological researcher from Denmark and Greenland, William Colgan, told The Guardian newspaper that he was in danger of being killed. aggravate with the temperatures.

"The production of icebergs in Greenland has increased over the past 100 years, while the change climate has become stronger, "he said.

The village of about 170 has its power plant and its tanks near the shore. Guardian reported. Adding to the danger is the fact that residents do not know how to swim.

"There is only one swimming pool in Greenland, that is Nuuk, which is much further down the coast than this village we are talking about," said Anna Hogg, glaciologist at the University of Leeds. "If you think about it, why would they be able to swim? The water in the ocean is so cold, you can not even put your toe on without it being unbearably icy."