Over the past decade, extreme events such as heat, drought, storms and pests have taken a heavy toll on Swiss forests. In ...

NASA's Landsats captured views of a Swiss glacier 40 years apart, showing how a warming world has reduced its footprint.

Although hiking is typically done in the warmth of the summer sun, some areas around the Swiss Alps also have wintertime ...

The site provides an outstanding example of the formation of the High Alps, including the most glaciated part of ... including the distinctive upper and lower tree-line of the Aletsch forest. The ...

Skiing or snowboarding in the Swiss Alps is definitely something to add to (and ultimately check off!) your bucket list. With ...

In a helicopter high above the Swiss Alps, we see climate change in action ... For the first time, ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute on Forest, Snow and Landscape Research reconstructed ...

Dive into Gstaad, where Switzerland's most exclusive Alpine retreat ... mountaintop restaurant that's already the talk of the Alps. The winter social calendar here reads like a European fairy ...

One of my favorite areas, and perhaps the most famous ski destination in the Alps, is Switzerland’s Zermatt. This storybook, car-free village is nestled in a small valley at the base of the ...

The lack of oil and gas in Nevada's Ruby Mountains hasn't stopped developer interest, and a 90-day public comment period ...