In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.

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 ...

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the valley below, glaciologists and geoscientists told AFP on Friday.

GENEVA, June 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A body found near the Swiss village of Blatten, which was wiped out by a dramatic glacier ...

Search parties combing the Swiss Alpine village that was buried last month after the collapse of a glacier have found human ...

Two weeks after a massive landslide wiped out most of the mountain village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps, talk of reconstruction is picking up, but hu ...

A helicopter evacuates a car from the village of Blatten, Switzerland, Thursday, May 29, 2025, one day after a massive debris avalanche, triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier, swept down ...

Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them to do that are not available to most countries.

An aerial view shows the destruction of Blatten, Switzerland, Thursday, May 29, 2025, one day after a massive debris avalanche, triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier, swept down to the ...

In Switzerland, after a glacier collapsed onto Blatten, fear is gripping the mountains. The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming ...

One expert notes that glacier shrinkage has wide effects on agriculture, fisheries, drinking water levels and cross-boundary ...