A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland ...

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...

The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide ...

On May 28, a massive glacier gave way and destroyed a village in the Swiss Alps after a rockfall caused it to fail under ...

Permafrost is often called the glue that holds the mountains together. When it thaws, the mountains crumble, and they start ...

An Alaska man who was pinned face-down in an icy creek by a 318-kilogram boulder for three hours survived the ordeal with no ...

A devastating landslide, triggered by the Birch Glacier collapse, buried Blatten, Switzerland, prompting evacuations but ...

Black Carbon has raised Himalayan snow surface temperatures by over 4°C in two decades, accelerating glacier melt. Experts ...

Climate change has locked in at least 75% of glacier loss in Western Canada and U.S., raising concerns for downstream ...

The confrontation unfolded at the High-Level International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation, where minister of state for ...

Water that had accumulated behind the collapsed glacier has began to flow downstream, alleviating some fears. Forecast rain means that residents will likely have to remain alert.