(JUNEAU, Alaska) -- One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release rainwater and snowmelt ...

And, yes, in case you’re wondering, climate change appears to be the main culprit behind the record-breaking water levels. The Mendenhall Glacier, a vast field of ice and snow that sits north of the ...

In the course of her job as a journalist, Naomi Klouda stashed notes on Alaska glaciers in a big folder. Over time, they took on a life of their own. The Homer writer says it was a slow and persistent ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.

Already, the Earth is experiencing the impacts. An October study from this year revealed that California’s glaciers have ...

Every year for about a decade, the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, has flooded from meltwater buildup on a nearby glacier. Those floods were minor until 2023, when a couple of dozen homes in ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Alaska State Troopers say a 28-year-old Italian tourist was killed when he was crushed by a large piece of ice that broke from a glacier.Troopers say Alexander Hellweger died ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.