Learning How Ice Avalanches Move

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When you hear the word “avalanche,” you most likely think of snow cascading down a mountain. Well, there are also ice avalanches. Though generally more rare, they do occur in Colorado and the west. But scientists are concerned that global warming could mean more and bigger ice avalanches. Scientists like Barbara Turnbull, who teaches at the University of Nottingham in England. She recently published a study on how ice avalanches move. Finding similarities to, of all things, ice skaters. Ryan Warner started by asking her what ice avalanches are....