Alaskan glacial lake outburst: Nature (glacial-dam failure and climate change) produces mass fatalities, forcing scientific attribution (USGS/Hillary Toobin) to collide with White House communications and rescue logistics (Josh, Paul Hendricks, Claudia...
Alaskan glacial lake outburst: Nature (glacial-dam failure and climate change) produces mass fatalities, forcing scientific attribution (USGS/Hillary Toobin) to collide with White House communications and rescue logistics (Josh, Paul Hendricks, Claudia) and shaping political discourse on climate responsibility.
Arc Timeline
Season 4
3 eventsJosh barges into Leo's office to deliver an urgent USGS/Coast Guard briefing: Battletree Lake's natural dam failed in a glacial lake outburst, sending a 300-foot-wide wall of ice, water and …
In Leo's office a USGS briefing shifts from logistics to a seismic policy moment: Paul Hendricks reports evacuation challenges and Canadian Pavehawks en route, then hydroclimatologist Hillary Toobin bluntly attributes …
In a quiet, late-night bedroom scene Bartlet and Abbey process the political fallout from Will Bailey's off-the-cuff climate remark and the DAR incident. Abbey reveals she defused a potential DAR …