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Alaska, mendenhall glacier and Juneau

A glacier outburst is underway in Alaska. It’s sending a surge of water downstream toward Juneau

A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacial lake is causing a river to rise rapidly and is threatening significant, potentially record-breaking flooding in the state capital of Juneau for the third consecutive August.

U.S. News & World Report · 8h

Parts of Juneau Brace for Flooding From Water Slipping Past Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier

Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier

The Washington Post on MSN · 15h

An Alaskan glacier is bursting. Can new barriers block the flood?

In Juneau Alaska, officials built a Hesco barrier wall to try to protect neighborhoods from floodwaters pouring out of Mendenhall Glacier.

british antarctic survey, receding glacier

UPI on MSN · 1d

British researcher's remains found in melting Anatarctic glacier

A British researcher's remains were discovered in a melting Antarctic glacier after he died in an accident in 1959.

CBS News on MSN · 1d

Remains of researcher who vanished in 1959 found on Antarctic glacier

The remains of a British researcher who vanished in 1959 in Antarctica was discovered amid rocks near a receding glacier and identified using DNA analysis

USA Today · 1d

Receding Antarctic glacier reveals body of researcher who died in 1959

Dennis Bell died in a crevasse on a glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula in 1959. His body was just found.

Knewz on MSN18h

Greenland's Melting Glaciers Are Facilitating Unprecedented Ocean Life Growth, Reveals NASA Supercomputer

The retreat of ice was carrying up nutrients to the surface that fueled the formation of life in the ocean, enhancing coastal ...

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Evacuations in Alaska after glacial melt raises fears of record flooding

Meltwater is escaping from a basin that is dammed by a glacier - prompting fears of a deluge in state capital Juneau.

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Melting glacier uncovers man who had been missing for 28 years

A melting glacier in northern Pakistan has revealed the body of a man missing for 28 years, several media outlets report. The ...

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Oregon's South Sister faces vanishing glaciers, scientists warn

In a study, retired geology professor Andrew Fountain found there has been between 40-60% glacier loss since the mid-1960s.

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Residents in Alaska’s capital urged to evacuate over flooding from melting glacier

Forecasted flooding could break a record, which was set when the Mendenhall River crested at 15.99 feet in August 2024 ...

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A Man Was Perfectly Frozen in Ice for 28 Years. The Glacier Just Spit Him Back Out.

A 31-year-old Pakistani man, who went missing in June 1997 in an ice cave, was found perfectly preserved last week by a local ...

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Scientists document alarming acceleration in glacier loss at Washington national park

Mauri Pelto's 42 years of glacier study show alarming melt rates in Washington's North Cascades National Park.

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Intact body of missing father found on melting Pakistan glacier 28 years after he vanished

The family of a missing man whose body was discovered on a melting glacier in Pakistan after 28 years said Thursday its ...

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Melting Glaciers Could Unleash a Barrage of Volcanic Eruptions Worldwide, Scientists Warn

Glacial retreat caused a wave of volcanic activity in southern Chile as the last Ice Age came to an end, according to new research.

The Daily Galaxy on MSN3d

One of Earth’s Strongest Glaciers Is Melting Faster Than Ever — Scientists Sound Alarm

The Perito Moreno Glacier, a 30-kilometer ice giant in Argentine Patagonia, is experiencing an alarming retreat rate that has ...

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