On 28 May 2025, the tranquil Alpine village of Blatten in Switzerland's Lötschental Valley was dramatically reshaped overnight. A vast section of the Birch Glacier gave way, unleashing a thunderous ...

The village of Blatten suddenly disappeared under a massive avalanche. Thankfully, inhabitants had been evacuated.

GENEVA — Switzerland’s glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume — the fourth-largest ...

Switzerland’s glaciers have lost 24 percent of their volume over the past decade, researchers said Wednesday, warning that ...

RHONE GLACIER, Switzerland -- Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland's vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes. Matthias Huss of the glacier monitoring group GLAMOS ...

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). The Swiss Insurance ...

RHONE GLACIER, Switzerland — Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland's vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes. Matthias Huss of the glacier monitoring group GLAMOS ...

RHONE GLACIER, Switzerland (AP) -- Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland's vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes. Matthias Huss of the glacier monitoring group ...

RHONE GLACIER, Switzerland — Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland's vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes. Matthias Huss of the glacier monitoring group GLAMOS ...