Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a state disaster declaration Monday as a result of the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF)" in the Juneau area. It ...

For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to prevent ...

Glaciers are often treated as scenic features or scientific curiosities. In fact, they are critical infrastructure. Though ...

Uttarakhand has appointed the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology as the nodal agency to monitor glacier lakes. With five ...