There are strong theories on the causes, and to what degree it is linked to climate change — but these are yet to be ...

De aardverschuiving die het Zwitserse dorp Blatten grotendeels van de kaart heeft geveegd, heeft voor honderden miljoenen ...

Het Alpendorpje Blatten in het zuidwesten van Zwitserland is woensdagmiddag grotendeels bedolven geraakt onder een lawine van ...

Permafrost is often called the glue that holds the mountains together. When it thaws, the mountains crumble, and they start ...

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...

In de Zwitserse Alpen is een dorp bijna volledig bedolven nadat een stuk bergwand was afgebroken. De aardverschuiving in het plaatsje Blatten werd veroorzaakt doordat een gletsjer gedeeltelijk was ...

And this is what actually happened," Matthias Huss, the director of Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (GLAMOS), told AFP. "The glacier accelerated strongly in response to this additional loading ...

The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...

A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

The Swiss village of Blatten is slowly rebuilding after a devastating glacier collapse left it in ruins. A strategic group is ...

The collapse of a massive glacier in southern Switzerland has triggered the risk of flooding from an ice jam, which blocked ...

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...