Glacier retreat across Alaska could expand the state’s glacial lakes to more than four times their current area, according to ...

Glacial lakes across Alaska are expanding as ice retreats, and the water they hold is draining with increasing ferocity into ...

Alaska’s glacial lakes are growing as glaciers retreat out of basins. These lakes will change desolate glacial rivers into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Geological Survey staff check monitoring equipment in Suicide Basin in June 2025. By August, the basin had filled with ...

Alaska's glacial lakes are growing faster than in previous decades. They expanded by more than 150 square kilometers between 2018 and 2024, and could eventually grow to more than four times their ...

Alaska's glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst floods, a Colorado State University researcher warns.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Water from a melting glacier has caused a river near Alaska's capital city of Juneau to swell to historic levels amid a "glacial ...

Glacial lakes in Alaska are expanding at an accelerating rate as glaciers melt, with rapid expansion over just six years. Research forecasts where lakes could grow or form in the future.

Water from a melting glacier has caused a river near Alaska's capital city of Juneau to swell to historic levels amid a "glacial outburst" event that has prompted flooding fears and evacuations. On ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.

(THE CONVERSATION) Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.