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

A helicopter crashed in the Fusshörner region on the Oberaletsch Glacier in canton Valais on Saturday afternoon. The ...

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

That's the sound of water seeping from a sunbaked and slushy Swiss glacier that geoscientists are monitoring for signs of ...

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

A 51-year-old Swiss man died in a helicopter crash on the Oberaletsch Glacier in Valais, Switzerland, on Saturday afternoon. The Eurocopter AS350 B3 ...

As climate change accelerates, the World Meteorological Organisation is calling for more investment in monitoring and forecasting of glaciers to help protect mountain communities.

The small village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps, destroyed by a landslide after part of the huge Birch Glacier collapsed on May 29, 2025. Alexandre Agrusti/AFP/Getty Images.

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

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world and the increasing dangers.

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

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world. In Switzerland, the mountainside gave way ...