The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...

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

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

The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...

Discover why Swiss mountains are collapsing more frequently and how climate change and melting permafrost are destabilizing ...

An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, ...

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...

On August 23, 2017 three million cubic metres of rock crashed down from the Piz Cengalo mountain in eastern Switzerland, triggering a landslide into the valley. It was the largest landslide in ...

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