A chunk of the Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Valais region broke off yesterday, sending a torrent of rock, ice and scree hurtling down the mountain slope and into the valley below.

China looks forward to strengthening communication, collaboration and experience exchange with Switzerland in areas such as dispute settlement through the International Organization for Mediation ...

Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides — but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for these deadly, unpredictable disasters. The destructive landslide in the ...

On Wednesday the Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Wallis region collapsed, sending tons of rock, ice and scree hurtling down the mountain slope and into the valley below. The barrage ...

The opening session of the world’s largest international-education conference had just begun on Tuesday morning when across the San Diego convention-center hall, Slack messages began to ping and ...

Swiss glaciologists have repeatedly expressed concerns about a thaw in recent years – attributed in large part to climate change – that has accelerated the retreat of glaciers in Switzerland.

Footage captured the aftermath of a massive landslide in southern Switzerland, where a glacier collapse sent rock and ice crashing down a mountainside. The village of Blatten in the Lötschental ...

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A massive glacier collapse on May 28, 2025 in southern Switzerland partially destroyed the small village of Blatten, which had been completely evacuated last week due to the impending danger ...

The force of the collapse was so immense that seismic signals were detected hundreds of kilometers beyond Switzerland’s borders. Although Blatten had been evacuated as a precaution on May 19, one man, ...