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Alaska capital takes stock after worst flooding yet caused by retreating glacier (www.theguardian.com)
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Glacial outburst floods in Juneau, Alaska are a direct consequence of climate change. The lake that forms behind the ice dam was formerly a glaciated area itself. Now water ponds there before getting around the ice dam and flooding neighborhoods in Juneau.

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[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

"Retreating glacier" feels like a euphemism to make the destruction of glaciers sound like they just decided to move somewhere else.

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