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Isolated lakes found beneath Canadian ice sheet

ResearchershavefoundlakesthatmayshednewlightonicyworldsinourSolarSystem.HighintheCanadianArctic,twosubglacialbodiesofwaterhavebeenspottedbeneathover500metresofi

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Researchers creating warning system for toxic algae in lakes

SatellitesinspaceandarobotunderLakeErie’ssurfacearepartofanetworkofscientifictoolstryingtokeepalgaetoxinsoutofdrinkingwatersuppliesintheshallowestoftheGreatLake

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Nepal drains part of glacial lake near Everest

Nepal has successfully drained part of a giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, averting risk of a disastrous flood that could have threatened thousands of lives, officials said yesterday.

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Subglacial lakes found in Greenland for first time: study

British researchers said Wednesday they have discovered two subglacial lakes 800 meters below the Greenland ice sheet.     While nearly 400 lakes have been detected beneath the Antarctic ice sheets, these are the first to be identified in Greenland, according to researchers from the University of Cambridge, who used airborne radar measurements to reveal the lakes.