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One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.
The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland's glaciers has already melted away, a monitoring service said, with ...
The annual melting of snow and ice in the Swiss Alps has already reached a critical point, far earlier than usual. The ...
In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.
That's the sound of water seeping from a sunbaked and slushy Swiss glacier that geoscientists are monitoring for signs of ...
A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock ...
The snow and ice accumulated in the Swiss Alps over the winter has already melted away, a monitoring service said on Friday, ...
A Swiss Alpine village was largely wiped out on Wednesday after a massive glacier carrying rock and debris detached and roared down the mountainside, destroying everything in its path.
A helicopter crashed in the Fusshörner region on the Oberaletsch Glacier in canton Valais on Saturday afternoon. The ...
In the Swiss Alpine resort of Kandersteg, officials have been closely monitoring a deteriorating mountain peak that towers ...
Swiss insurers on Tuesday put the damage caused by last month's glacier collapse, which largely destroyed the Alpine village of Blatten, at 320 million Swiss francs ($393 million). To "repair the ...
One expert notes that glacier shrinkage has wide effects on agriculture, fisheries, drinking water levels and cross-boundary ...