Aerial photograph showing flooding in the Traverse Gap, the former southern outlet of Glacial Lake Agassiz and the source of River Warren. Ice-covered Lake Traverse (Mde Hdakiŋyaŋ), a natural ...

Water has been accumulating in the lake over the past 20 years, but it recently reached a critical point, causing the glacier to lift up. A 25-kilometer (15.5-mile) long tunnel was naturally ...

If their dams break, the corresponding glacial lake floods can have catastrophic consequences for the population living downstream. The Potsdam research team was able to show that it is not only ...