New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a glacier surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities.
New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a glacier surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities.
During glacier surges, the ice begins moving at speed and the glacier front can advance, in some settings blocking rivers and forming lakes that put communities and infrastructure downstream at risk of flooding.
The study, published in the Journal of Glaciology, monitored the evolution of a lake dammed by a surge of the Shisper Glacier, located in the Karakoram mountain range, which extends across the borders of Pakistan, China, and India.
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