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Evidence shows many "great flood" stories are based on glacial lake outburst floods. Is there a worldwide threat of "instant" flooding posed by glacial lakes growing on Greenland and Antarctica? Is anything done to mitigate that threat?

by /u/LudovicoSpecs in /r/askscience

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