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Scientists warn melting glaciers could form more than 50,000 new lakes in areas covered by ice

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  1. A study in Nature Communications by researchers from Sweden, US, Switzerland, and Norway used the Instructed Glacier Model to map terrain beneath all glaciers.

  2. The study predicts melting glaciers could create 56,659 new lakes in areas currently covered by ice.

  3. New lakes may increase flood risk in Asia, the Andes, Alaska, and the Arctic.

  4. The researchers produced a dataset called Topography of a Deglaciated Earth (TOPO-DE v1.0) showing hidden glacial terrain.

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