Western U.S. “Megafloods” Might Not Have Been So Mega

Dry Falls in Washington: a canyon carved out of orange stone in an arid landscape

After the Last Glacial Maximum in North America, a kilometer-thick ice dam at the toe of a glacier failed, allowing the waters of massive Lake Missoula to rush out and inundate the landscape of what is now eastern Washington. PhD student Karin Lehnigk and Assistant Professor Isaac Larsen investigate just how big those floods were...