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RHONE GLACIER, Switzerland (AP) — Drip, drip. Trickle, trickle. That’s the sound of water seeping from a sunbaked and slushy Swiss glacier that geoscientists are monitoring for signs of ...
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the valley below, glaciologists and geoscientists told AFP on Friday.
Swiss glaciologists attribute the accelerating glacier thaw to climate change, which has increased the risk of such disasters.
Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change as glaciers retreat around the world Climate change is playing a role in almost every glacier collapse nowadays.
A large section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, resulting in a torrent of ice, mud, and rock that has submerged the majority of a village evacuated earlier this month as a security ...
Environment Massive glacier collapse triggers landslide that buries Swiss village Villagers in Blatten, Switzerland, were evacuated earlier this month after authorities warned a nearby glacier was ...
Many ski resorts in the Alps and some in North America offer access to skiing on a glacier in the winter months, but the magic really unfolds when you get to tell your friends you went skiing in July ...
New studies about the Thwaites Glacier, also called the "Doomsday Glacier," have sparked a conversation about geoengineering as a climate change solution.
Thwaites Glacier is "past a tipping point," threatening coastal communities across the globe.