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Written by John LounsburyThis week Prof Dan O Neill presents a short 15 minute lecture summarizing the debate about limits to growth. For centuries there have been those who proclaimed global growth was reaching its limits and yet growth has continued. One well-known example is Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) who wrote about limits to growth over 200 years ago. The debate continues to this day.
Heavy rainfall and rock, snow or ice avalanches can raise water levels in moraine-dammed glacial lakes, generating waves that overtop the moraine dam or cause it to collapse, releasing huge amounts of water.