Flooding

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS | ALASKA CLIMATE ADAPTATION SCIENCE CENTER

The AK CASC has released the second video in a short series on glacial outburst flooding at Suicide Basin in Juneau. Following the first video, the recent addition highlights research in the basin and how…

title slide: Hidden Waters: The Suicide Basin Outburst Flood

Check out the first video in a short series on glacial outburst flooding at Suicide Basin, in Juneau.

The AK CASC has been working with partners to monitoring the basin for several years to better understand and predict flooding events.

A paper published last week in Frontiers in Earth Science explores the evolving dynamics of Suicide Basin, a glacier-dammed lake in Juneau that releases annual outburst floods, causing inundation and erosion in the Mendenhall Valley.

As smoke from distant wildfires clouds the skies above Southeast Alaska, Juneau residents have a much closer hazard on their minds.

Watch: How researchers study glacial lake outburst floods in Juneau

Watch: New AK CASC video on glacial lake outburst floods in Juneau

New study highlights findings and predictions for Juneau glacial outburst flood

Unique drainage event at Suicide Basin causes minor flooding in Juneau