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The glaciers of Switzerland, which has the most of any country in continental Europe, are fading because of global warming.
That's the sound of water seeping from a sunbaked and slushy Swiss glacier that geoscientists are monitoring for signs of ...
Huss hosted The Associated Press for a visit to the sprawling glacier this month, as he carried out his first monitoring ...
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These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable — and the world is unprepared.
BLATTEN, Switzerland — Last week, Birch Glacier above the Swiss village of Blatten broke off, causing a landslide that destroyed the village. A video from Reuters showed the massive amounts of ...
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Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them to do that are not available to most countries.
This content was published on May 23, 2025 Small landslides are on the increase in the Swiss Alps owing to climate change. But the link with global warming is less obvious for large natural disasters.
06/02/2025 June 2, 2025. A 100-meter-deep layer of rock and ice debris is covering the Swiss village of Blatten after a glacier collapsed from a nearby mountainside.
As of Sunday morning, Swiss Solidarity’s provisional donation amount for the landslide area was around CHF4.3 million ($5.2 million).
Massive glacier collapse buries Swiss village; 90% of Blatten destroyed. Birch Glacier collapse triggered a massive landslide in the Swiss Alps, burying nearly all of Blatten village. Avalanche of ice ...