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The Race To Protect Millions Of People From Melting Glaciers

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How to Protect People From Glacier Lake Flooding

15 million people are threatened, to some extent, by glacial lake flooding. Satellites can be really helpful with that because it saves scientists from having to hike all the way to every lake over and over and see them in person. They're even trying to predict how earthquakes might trigger some of these lakes to flood.

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