Alaskan rivers

In August 2023, the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, experienced a historic rise in water levels within hours. This surge wasn’t due to heavy rainfall, but rather a small glacier-formed lake situated next to the Mendenhall Glacier.

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck the Alaska Peninsula region on July 16 today, the United States Geological Survey

Dozens of streams and bodies of water, once crystal clear, are changing colour and have become cloudy and, in some cases, may become more acidic.