Dan Shugar, a geoscientist at the University of Calgary who wasn’t part of the two studies, said much of the threat depends simply on how many people live in a glacial flood zone. “In a ...

The authors say those facing the greatest threat live in mountainous countries ... of climate change on what are known as glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). That relationship is complex and ...

A second study, awaiting publication in a peer-reviewed journal, catalogs more than 150 glacial flood outbursts in history and recent times. It's a threat Americans and Europeans rarely think ...