#Glacial

A GLOF at Bhutan’s Shintaphu Lake has triggered flood alerts in Assam and West Bengal. Here is how glacial lake outburst floods occur and why the Himalayas are vulnerable.

‘I just visited the area along the banks of the Sankosh River. The water seems to be receding at this point,’ DC tells Express

A glacial lake outburst flood at Sintaphu Lake in Bhutan has triggered emergency evacuation alerts across West Bengal's Cooch Behar and Assam's Dhubri districts.

This finding underscores the incredible, planet-altering power of greenhouse gas emissions.

A new documentary uses archival photos to tell the story of the land of fire and ice.

From Reddit - r/todayilearned: TIL that Lake Itasca in Minnesota, a 1200 acre glacial lake with a maximum depth of just 35 feet, is the headwater (primary source) of the Mississippi River, which flows 2340 miles to the Gulf of Mexico.