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Alaska city manager reacts to major flooding threat from melting glacier
A melting glacier pushed the Mendenhall River to a record-high crest of more than 16 feet, prompting a major flood threat to the Alaskan state capital. But more than two miles of newly installed barriers protected neighborhoods from a repeat of the severe flooding of the past two years.
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Glaciers holding massive amounts of water are melting at unprecedented rates, reshaping ocean systems and influencing ...
Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move ...
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Scientists make concerning discovery after analyzing melted glaciers: 'An important future question'
As noted in the study, the team of researchers theorized that as glaciers melt and uncover land, the fresh sediments first ...
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Glaciers across North America and Europe have lost an 'unprecedented' amount of ice in the past 4 years
Glaciers in Washington, Montana, British Columbia, Alberta and the Swiss Alps have set grim records over the past four years, ...
Glaciers at World Heritage sites shed around 58 billion tons of ice each year, UNESCO reports, which is equivalent to the total volume of water used annually in France and Spain combined.
From Rhine River castles and Norwegian fjords to Icelandic waterfalls and Alaskan glaciers, these five itineraries trade ...
Almost a quarter of the glaciers in one of the world's last pristine ecosystems have melted from climate change, according to ...
Glaciers are massive ice rivers that exist over land, including in all the world's major mountain ranges, and in Greenland and Antarctica. As the Earth heats up due to climate change, glaciers are ...
On the flanks of Martian mountains and crater rims, curious shapes sprawl outward like thick syrup frozen mid-flow. But these ...
Glaciers that still exist on the surface of Mars are helping to tell the story of its past. The red planet experienced between six and 20 separate ice ages during the past 300 to 800 million years ...
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Researchers make stunning discovery while visiting glaciers in iconic mountain range: 'We ... heard sounds like motors'
"Glaciers are important to everything, locally and globally." Researchers make stunning discovery while visiting glaciers in ...
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