Glacial melt plays its most vital role before and after the rainy season, when it supplies a greater portion of the flow in every river from the Yangtze (which irrigates more than half of China's ...

The great continental ice sheets were melting very fast in the time of Glacial Lake Missoula, shedding great torrents of meltwater every summer, raising sea level an average of approximately 100 ...

Our climate today is actually a warm interval between these many periods of glaciation. The most recent period of glaciation, which many people think of as the "Ice Age", was at its height ...

There is considerable geological evidence for an extensive glaciation some 600 million years ago. Its end caused an alteration of climate that made possible the proliferation of animal life in ...

A deadly flash flood in the north-east state of Sikkim shows why India urgently needs to install advanced early warning systems for its dangerous glacial lakes, experts say. At least 70 people ...

Glacial lakes and other water bodies across the Himalayan region saw a 10.81% increase in area from 2011 to 2024 due to climate change, signalling a heightened risk of glacial lake outburst floods ...

A glacial lake at the foot of Jomolhari mountain in Bhutan. Up to 15 million people face risk of catastrophic flooding from glacial lakes which could burst their natural dams at any moment ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the ice age advance began to melt, glacial deposits or drift were left behind. These glacial deposits were of two kinds: Till - mixed or unstratified materials directly ...

2023 saw record setting highs with regards to planetary temperatures. Now, *** new un weather agency report indicates that 2023 also had record lows in terms of planetary river flows. The report ...

Exploring how glaciation has shaped the coastline of north Norfolk and the land bridge that once connected the UK with mainland Europe. LIZ BONNIN: Hi, I’m Liz Bonnin. Now Britain is ...

Glacial lakes across the Himalayan region expanded by 10.81% from 2011 to 2024 due to climate change, according to a government report. India's lakes saw a 33.7% increase, raising concerns about ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A flood warning was issued Saturday after an outburst from a glacial lake in Alaska's capital. Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above the city of Juneau.