City and federal leaders have settled on a long-term solution to mitigate glacial lake outburst floods: a lake tap. The lake ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado Boulder and Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan ...

Juneau, Alaska's capital, is bracing for what authorities warn could be record-breaking floodwaters, as a glacial outburst from the Mendenhall Glacier threatens sections of the city. Residents in ...

Timelapse video captured the dramatic increase in water level at a glacial lake near Alaska's capital city of Juneau, which was bracing for flooding after a "glacial outburst" inundated a nearby river ...

The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska's capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those who live along the picturesque river that winds from the nearby Mendenhall ...

(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.

Wesleyan University and University of Colorado provide funding as members of The Conversation US. Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows ...