Except when engorged by spring meltwater and ice, the Severn River empties serenely into Hudson Bay. |
Warming surface temperatures in Greenland are allowing more meltwater to trickle down to the glacier bed. |
The Copper River alluvial fan is an outwash plain, that is, formed from sediments deposited by glacial meltwater. |
While these lakes existed, they were maintained by the inflow of dirty meltwater from the receding glacier. |
Swollen with meltwater from the mountains, a stream rushed between reedy banks. |
And because many glaciers store large amounts of meltwater and release it suddenly, lives downstream will be lost. |