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Scientists are using drones to lower the risk of glacial lake outburst flood

Huaraz is still at risk of glacial lake outburst flood Image: REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

Rodrigo Narro Pérez
PhD Candidate, School of Earth, Environment and Societ, McMaster University
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Remains of a steel bridge destroyed by a glacial lake outburst flood
The twisted remains of a steel bridge destroyed by a glacial lake outburst flood in Iceland in 1996. Image: (Chris 73/Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA

Scientists are using drones to check glacial lake outburst flood
Scientists are using drones to check glacial lake outburst flood Image: Rodrigo Narro Pérez
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