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"The longer we delay emissions cuts, the more we burden future generations with irreversible change." Scientists issue grim ...
The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
As climate change accelerates, the World Meteorological Organisation is calling for more investment in monitoring and ...
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The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended on Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury ...
A massive landslide thundered down a mountainside in Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying a village and burying homes under ...
The collapsed glacier destroyed most of Blatten, which had been home to 300 people and was evacuated last week due to the impending danger. A firefighter shows a woman the area affected by a ...