Alsek Glacier disconnected from the shoreline of Alsek Lake sometime this summer, transforming a mountain known as Prow Knob into an island. NASA Satellite images from NASA’s Earth Observatory have ...

NASA-backed simulations reveal that meltwater from Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier lifts deep-ocean nutrients to the surface, sparking large summer blooms of phytoplankton that feed the Arctic food web ...

The danger is over for residents of Alaska's capital city of Juneau, who were urged to evacuate on Aug. 13 as the nearby Mendenhall River, engorged by water from a glacial outburst caused by a melting ...

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 ...

Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the Mendenhall River and into communities across the region. “A glacial outburst has ...

Meltwater from a glacial outburst near Juneau, Alaska, is flooding nearby neighborhoods, and officials are urging some residents of the city of 30,000 to evacuate. The meltwater is rushing downstream ...

Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. The river is in major flood stage at 16.17 feet and rising, the agency ...

Update, 11:10 a.m. Tuesday: During an 10 a.m. press conference, local officials shared public safety updates. Nicole Ferrin, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service in ...

Emergency barriers installed through the Alaska capital city of Juneau appear to have successfully funneled floodwaters away from neighborhoods during a "glacial outburst" supercharged by climate ...

KATHMANDU, July 10 (Reuters) - The deadly flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week was triggered by the draining of a ...

Tristan Duke uses Arctic ice and a unique technique to offer a fresh perspective on a world transformed by climate change. Artist Tristan Duke traveled to Svalbard, Norway, in 2022 to create camera ...