A geologist explains how thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions around the world.
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A catastrophic flash flood ripped through local villages and has claimed hundreds of lives.
Bolivia is home to nearly a fifth of the world’s tropical glaciers. but they are shrinking at an alarming rate.
Scientists mapped the evolution of 140 glacial lakes in Alaska and found a way to tell how much larger and destructive they can get as their glaciers melt.
Alaska has at least 120 glacier-dammed lakes, and almost all have drained at least once since 1985, a new study shows. Small ones have been producing larger floods in recent years.
Glacial lakes around the world are expected to flood downstream areas more often as climate change makes them less stable.
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Alaska Anchorage
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Assistant Professor, School of Earth, Environment and Society, Faculty of Science, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Cryospheric Sciences, Colorado State University
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Research Scientist, Physical Geography, Loughborough University; University of the Highlands and Islands
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