The man told Byers that locals had noticed large meltwater ponds forming at the toe of the Kanchenjunga Glacier, upstream from the villages of Ghunsa and Kambachen. He worried that the ponds could ...

Thousands of feet of glacial ice covered west central Minnesota 10,000 years ago. When the last Ice Age ended, the glacier receded, leaving behind lakes, waterways, sand beds and gravel ridges.

Entrepreneurs are hauling bergs from the Arctic island, betting there are enough people willing to pay up for an extra-chilled drink; $218 glass of scotch ...

A glacial lake outburst flood in the Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60-meter) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning.

For the first time, scientists have observed the release of a massive glacial lake outburst in East Greenland, where more than 3,000 billion liters of meltwater were unleashed in just weeks. This ...

Comparable to the energy of the world's largest nuclear power plant The energy released by glacial lake outburst floods is staggering. "In this case, the energy released by the glacier flood was ...

For the first time, scientists have observed the release of a massive glacial lake outburst in East Greenland, where more than 3,000 billion liters of meltwater were unleashed in just weeks. This ...

And these have been monitored for decades,” Þorsteinsson said. Juneau’s Oct. 21 glacial outburst flood from Suicide Basin had a lower-than-expected crest of 10.77 feet.

When a Glacial Dam Burst, an Alaskan Town Was Hit With a Sudden Flood From Alaska to Peru and the Himalayas, glacial lakes are suddenly breaking free and causing deaths and millions of dollars in ...

India is setting up high-tech warning systems at nearly 200 Himalayan glacial lakes at risk of bursting their banks, a deadly threat exacerbated by climate change, disaster officials said Tuesday.