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Alaska Looks for Answers in Glaciers Summer Flood Surges

2013-07-23 02:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: The idea that glaciers change at a glacial speed is increasingly false. They are melting and retreating rapidly all over the world. But the unpredictable flood surges at the Mendenhall Glacier, about 14 miles from downtown Juneau, Alaska's capital, are turning a jog into a sprint as global temperatures and climate variability increase. Starting in July 2011, and each year since, sudden torrents of water shooting out from beneath the glacier have become a new facet of Juneau's brief, shimmering...

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