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.

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.

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A massive glacier collapse in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday largely destroyed the small village of Blatten, with one person unaccounted for, authorities said.

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