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Dry, cracked soil in a desert landscape with a small weed growing out of a crack.
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Why the Juneau flood caused by an Alaskan glacier wasn’t predictable

This summer’s torrent of meltwater from the Mendenhall Glacier, known as a glacial outburst flood, dwarfed any that have occurred since the phenomenon began in Juneau a dozen years ago.
As record-setting heat blasts Pakistan, a glacial lake floods village

As record-setting heat blasts Pakistan, a glacial lake floods village

Rapid snowmelt caused the lake near Shishpar glacier to flood and wipe out an important bridge.
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