Posted on 02/07/2023 8:25:51 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Glaciers around the world are melting at an alarming rate, and are leaving massive pools of water in their wake. The meltwater fills the depression left behind by the glacier, forming what's known as a glacial lake.
As temperatures get warmer and more pieces of the glacier melt away, the lake rises — and living downstream from one could be incredibly dangerous. If the lake rises too high or the surrounding land or ice gives way, the lake could burst, sending water and debris rushing down mountains.
This phenomenon is called a glacial lake outburst, and according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, the roughly 15 million people around the globe that live within 30 miles of a glacial lake are at risk. More than half of them are concentrated in just four countries — India, Pakistan, Peru and China.
It's the first study that looks specifically at the potential impact of glacial lake outbursts, which experts say cannot be overstated.
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"These glacial dams are no different to constructed dams," Robinson told CNN. "If you take the Hoover Dam, for instance, you've got a massive lake behind it, but if you suddenly remove the Hoover Dam, that water has to go somewhere, and it's going to come cascading down a valley in massive flood waves."
These floods happen with little to no warning. Previous glacial lake outbursts have killed thousands of people and destroyed property and critical infrastructure. The Cordillera Blanca in Peru is one hot spot for this dangerous phenomenon. Since 1941, the mountain range has experienced more than 30 glacier disasters from avalanches to glacial lake outbursts that have claimed more than 15,000 lives, researchers found.
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Gravity sucks.
Gonna be anything like the Missoula glacial floods that happened 13 to 15 thousand years ago?
That was climate change caused was it not?
What a bunch of grifters. As bad a Zelensky.
And we should believe these morons because...
That would be called “Global Reconfiguration”.
or manmade topiary change.
Too many people got on Guam.
The Sky is falling! The Sky is falling! We're All Gonna Die!
(Send more money ... We need more Climate Change Studies .... and articles about the studies ... otherwise Rachel will have to get a real job.)
I’m not worried....this is moving at a glacial pace.
OMG!!! Only three years left. Unless you donate to Al Gore’s Exclusive Offer of a personal year-round climate that travels with you wherever you go, for the amazing one-time price of only (state price here). This ad coming soon to a late night TV station near you, right after the amazing Veg-o-Matic.
Well, “researchers” and “experts” need to make a living, too.
Thinking of a start up to sell glaciers to dry and thirsty countries...
We’re DOOOOMED!
No.
Such BS.
I suppose a 0.0000000001% risk is still a “risk”.
Starved Rock park in Illinois is suspected of being created by a glacial outburst. I’ve read accounts that the Illinois river used to be the head water of the Mississippi or at least part of the path. The river bluffs along the Illinois river maybe only 10K to 15K years old...
Warming…. Phooey
How DARE you?
You didn’t mention all 57 states were at risk!
Fear and Panic, Panic and Fear.... OH NOES!!!!! Sorry the empiric evidence does not support this study as the temps have NOT risen at all in the past 5 years.....
Lol...too funny!
According to Al Gore the oceans are boiling so any water coming off of glaciers melting will be turned into water vapor.
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