A team of scientists including experts from the University of California in San Diego, claimed a climate-induced landslide triggered 650ft (198 meters) tsunami in Greenland.

The study, published in Science Journal, said the catastrophic event in Dickson Fjord in September last year began when rising temperatures melted a glacier, destabilising more than 25 million cubic meters of rock and ice, equivalent to filling 10,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

It said the massive volume collapsed into the sea, generating a powerful wave that oscillated within the fjord, creating a phenomenon known as a seiche.

The continuous back-and-forth motion of the water caused a seismic signal with a 92-second interval between peaks, unlike any earthquake signal and persisting far longer than typical seismic events.

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland lead author Kristian Svennevig said: 'This was an extraordinary scientific puzzle.

'It required a global effort from our scientific community to link the seismic signal to this landslide and understand its implications.'

The study, spearheaded by an international team including experts like Alice Gabriel and Carl Ebeling from the University of California, claimed to have utilised various methodologies from seismic data analysis to high-resolution computer simulations.

They added these simulations successfully replicated the tsunami's behaviour, confirming the landslide's role in initiating the seiche that produced the prolonged seismic waves.

While the area was uninhabited, the tsunami caused significant damage to infrastructure, costing around 200,000 USD at a research station on Ella Island.

However, the study said that more concerning is the broader implication for regions increasingly at risk due to climate change.

Alice Gabriel said: 'Climate change is not just about rising temperatures. It's about shifting landscapes and creating new hazards.'

In 2017, a landslide in Karrat Fjord killed four people and left two villages permanently abandoned.

Carl Ebeling said: 'This discovery opens up a new chapter in our understanding of how climate change can trigger geological events.'