Study: 15 Million People Live Under Threat of Glacial Floods

2023-02-08T19:59+0100claimsjournal (en)

As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds. More than half of those living in the shadow of the disaster called glacial lake outburst floods are in just four....

Study: 15 Million People Live Under Threat of Glacial Floods

2023-02-07T17:24+0100usnews (en)

FILE - Chunks of ice break off the Perito Moreno Glacier, in Lake Argentina , at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, in Argentina's Patagonia region, March 10, 2016. As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the....

Study: 15 million people live under threat of glacial floods

2023-02-07T17:10+0100sandiegouniontribune (en)

FILE - Chunks of ice break off the Perito Moreno Glacier, in Lake Argentina , at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, in Argentina’s Patagonia region, March 10, 2016. As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the....

Por qué la pérdida de los humedales latinoamericanos es una amenaza ecológica mundial

2023-02-02T07:23+0100fmimpacto107 (es)

La Asociación Latinoamericana de Desalación y Reúso de Agua apuesta al reúso del agua y la desalación como una salida sostenible a la situación que se vive debido al cambio climático. En el Día Internacional de los Humedales, expertos explican por qué son fundamentales para el ecosistema Los....