These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable ...

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A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...

The government of Nepal has convened its first Sagarmatha Sambaad, a forum that explores issues affecting the Himalayan ...

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...

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An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, ...

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

Before-and-after photos captured the massive scale and destruction left behind after a glacier crashed down a Swiss ...

The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human development.

The glacier’s collapse and the subsequent landslide—which was so intense that it corresponded to a magnitude 3.1 earthquake ...