Glacial lake outburst events caused a spike in the water levels of the Taku River in early July and are responsible for ...

One week the river was there -- and the next it was not. And scientists blame global warming. The event occurred after the vast Kaskawulsh Glacier in Yukon Territory retreated about a mile up its ...

Record-breaking river flooding has destroyed at least two structures in Juneau, Alaska, and prompted local evacuations after a sudden outburst from a glacier-dammed lake inundated the region ...

Ancient river landscapes buried beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have been uncovered by radar, revealing vast, flat ...

Picturesque Glacier Releases Water Down a River in Alaska. More Than 100 Homes Are Damaged JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An outburst of flooding from a lake dammed by Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have witnessed the first modern case of what they call "river piracy" and they blame global warming. Most of the water gushing from a large glacier in northwest ...

A postmortem of the first known case of 'river piracy' in modern times outlines how a retreating glacier in the Yukon diverted water from one river to another, leading to many downstream effects.

A river seduces you from the very first moment you push off from shore, ... In Glacier National Park, reservations are now required to drive up the popular Going to the Sun Road.

The National Weather Service said the Mendenhall River crested early Tuesday at 15.99 feet (4.9 meters), higher than the 14.97-foot (4.6-meter) crest from last year's ferocious flood, which ...