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These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...
Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...
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Like the people of the Swiss Alps, the Langtangpa have been living with avalanches for centuries, and they have used both ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
More than three-quarters of the world’s glaciers are set to vanish if climate change continues unchecked, a major new study has warned, fuelling sea-level rise and ...
Our planet is getting warmer every year, but over the last couple of years in the Swiss alps that’s on epic display. And while glaciers in Switzerland lost a record amount of ice last year, 2023 was ...
Perched at a staggering altitude of 11,332 feet, one railway station in Switzerland is not only the highest in Europe but ...