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Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1085-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1085-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
Research article
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11 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 11 Mar 2025

Larger lake outbursts despite glacier thinning at ice-dammed Desolation Lake, Alaska

Natalie Lützow, Bretwood Higman, Martin Truffer, Bodo Bookhagen, Friedrich Knuth, Oliver Korup, Katie E. Hughes, Marten Geertsema, John J. Clague, and Georg Veh

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As the atmosphere warms, thinning glacier dams impound smaller lakes at their margins. Yet, some lakes deviate from this trend and have instead grown over time, increasing the risk of glacier floods to downstream populations and infrastructure. In this article, we examine the mechanisms behind the growth of an ice-dammed lake in Alaska. We find that the growth in size and outburst volumes is more controlled by glacier front downwaste than by overall mass loss over the entire glacier surface.
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