JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Arizona has its haboobs to worry about. Juneau has its jokulhlaups (YOKE'-uh-lips).The latter is a term given to a glacier outburst of water, such as what caused some flooding in ...

For many longtime Juneau residents, the Mendenhall Glacier has served as a bold, barren barometer of climate change. Through the decades, we’ve all watched the rapid retreat and the appearance of more ...

The dangerous power of glacial outburst floods - or jokulhlaups - will be easier to predict thanks to new models developed by a Leeds researcher and presented at the International Glaciological ...