When mountain permafrost thaws and glaciers melt, glacial lakes can become lethal flood risks for anyone downstream.

Around 10,000 years ago as the ice age advance began to melt, glacial deposits or drift were left behind. These glacial deposits were of two kinds: Till - mixed or unstratified materials directly ...

A range of options for preventing major flooding from Suicide Basin — including a drainage tunnel through a mountain into Mendenhall Lake, and massive blasting around the basin to partially fill ...

Between 15,000 and 8,000 years ago, the Earth experienced significant climatic changes, including the rapid retreat of ice sheets and rising sea levels, during the Glacial–Holocene transition.