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Glacier mass balance intercomparison exercise As of the year 2000, glaciers—excluding the continental ice sheets of Greenland ...

Glacial lakes that are held back by glacier ice do break out more frequently ... downstream has increased as their volume continues to grow. However, catastrophic flooding by moraine-dammed ...

Unlike 95 percent of Earth's glaciers that are gradually disappearing, Perito Moreno continues to grow. Every year, thousands of visitors come to marvel at Perito Moreno's towering crystal mass.

Does flooding from melting glaciers pose a growing danger in the high mountains? Not necessarily, as a study led by the University of Potsdam shows. Although glaciers are melting worldwide and ...