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Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change as glaciers retreat around the world
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. How glaciers collapse — from the Alps and Andes to the Himalayas and Antarctica — can differ,

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A Swiss village is buried after a glacier collapses in the Alps
Satellite Photos Show Aftermath of Switzerland Glacier Collapse
Swiss Glacier Collapse Renews Focus on Risks of Climate Change as Glaciers Retreat Around the World
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.

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Glacier partially collapses and buries Swiss village
Man remains missing after a Swiss glacier collapsed and destroyed 90% of an Alpine village
Search suspended for a missing man in Swiss glacier collapse that destroyed 90% of an Alpine village
The landslide sent plumes of dust skyward and coated with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution.

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Search suspended for missing man after partial glacier collapse causes landslide that buries 90% of Swiss village
Glacier collapse partially buries Swiss town
Terrifying Glacier Collapse Buries Mountain Village But Residents Emerge Miraculously Safe
As of Thursday morning, all but one of the residents of Blatten, a village in the Lötschental Valley, are safe after a 52,000 cubic foot Birch Glacier collapsed over the town, covering 90 percent of the area with mud and icefall.
A 700-pound boulder pins Alaska man face-down in a glacier creek for three hours
An Alaska man escaped unscathed after being trapped by a 700-pound boulder for three hours during a hike in a remote area last weekend.
Anthropologists spotlight human toll of glacier loss
In an important contribution from the social sciences, Rice University anthropologists Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer examine the societal consequences of global glacier loss in a commentary published today in Science.
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