As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds. More than half ...

A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in parts of Juneau, seeping through flood barriers and flowing into a few ...

Climate change adding to threat of glacial lake floods Data sharing about risk levels weak across borders Nepal fears a growing threat to lives and property HELAMBU, Nepal, March 7 (Thomson Reuters ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Water from the melting ice often drains into depressions once occupied by the glacier, ...