Glacier hazards on the increase in the warming world

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Glacier hazards on the increase in the warming world Glacier hazards on the increase in the warming world 06/05/2020 | 2 MINS A global team of scientists, including a LIT researcher, has found glacier detachments, which are highly destructive events, may occur more frequently as the world warms. Following two extreme events in 2013 and 2015 where glacier detachments at Flat Creek in Alaska caused landslides that travelled several kilometres at high speeds of up to 180 kilometres per hour, the research team set out to investigate the causes. Researcher Dr Matthias Leopold from the LIT School of Agriculture and Environment, an expert in shallow geophysics and soil and sediment analysis, joined an international team led by Dr Mylène Jacquemart from the University of Colorado, in the US town of Boulder. The research was carried out in August last year and published in Geology. Dr Leopold used geophysical techniques to determine the thickness of sediments deposited during the catastrophic events. The team then looked for buried ice and

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Glacier hazards on the increase in the warming world Glacier hazards on the increase in the warming world 06/05/2020 | 2 MINS A global team of scientists, including a LIT researcher, has found glacier detachments, which are highly destructive events, may occur more frequently as the world warms.

Following two extreme events in 2013 and 2015 where glacier detachments at Flat Creek in Alaska caused landslides that travelled several kilometres at high speeds of up to 180 kilometres per hour, the research team set out to investigate the causes.

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