A Slippery Slope: Warm rains and glacial melting trigger dangerous debris flows MELTING MOUNTAIN glaciers and warming rains drive debris flows, torrents of mud and rock that have damaged roads, closed recreational facilities and led to millions of dollars in clean-up costs in the Northwest. Climate change is likely to increase risks in the future. […]
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A Slippery Slope
Friday, April 22nd, 2011Some Climate Impacts Happening Faster Than Anticipated
Monday, January 5th, 2009While concluding that some projections of the impact of climate change have actually been too conservative – as in the case of glacier and ice sheets that are moving and decaying faster than predicted – others may not pose as immediate a threat as some scenarios had projected, such as the rapid releases of methane […]
