Rebecca Herscher
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The tsunami in Tracy Arm Fjord near Juneau happened early in the morning last August.
No one witnessed it firsthand.
Now, a study conducted by more than a dozen scientists finds that the so-called mega tsunami was extremely powerful.
It destroyed trees and other vegetation hundreds of feet up the steep sides of the fjord.
The study was published in the journal Science.
The wave was triggered by a landslide next to a glacier, which is rapidly melting because of climate change, making the area unstable.
The authors warn that more research is urgently needed to predict when and where such tsunamis will happen in the future.
The cost of cooling your house is rising because electricity prices are going up.
That's because of a combination of higher fuel costs, increased electricity demand from AI data centers and inflation.
A new report from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association warns the cost of cooling an average home in the United States will be about 8% higher this summer compared to last summer.
The high cooling costs come as millions of people in the U.S.
are already struggling to afford basic food and transportation, with high gas prices and grocery prices straining family budgets.
The warning comes from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, a nonprofit that tracks the reliability and security of the continent's electrical grid.
It says that electricity demand from data centers could overload the electrical grid.
Data centers are the engines that power artificial intelligence tools as well as cryptocurrency mining.
They use a lot of electricity, and their demands on the electrical grid change second by second.
The warning notes that such rapid oscillations can overload the grid, causing blackouts.