Increased outburst flood hazard from Lake Palcacocha due to human-induced glacier retreat

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Geoscience, February 2021

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New research presents evidence of a direct link between global warming and the growing risk of an outburst flood to the Andean city of Huaraz, Peru. Results show, with greater than 99 percent probability, that human-caused global warming has caused Palcaraju Glacier’s retreat

User Wagamaga, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 05 Feb 2021

Increased outburst flood hazard from Lake Palcacocha due to human-induced glacier retreat

User physicalgeographybot, in the Physical Geography subreddit, 04 Feb 2021