Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...

Massive glacier collapse in Blatten, Switzerland, causes debris blockage and raises serious flood risks in the Lonza valley.

A massive landslide hit a village in the southern Switzerland. The incident occurred after the Birch glacier collapsed. A man is missing after the disaster. The landslide largely destroyed Blatten ...

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

ZURICH - A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland this week has sparked fears of flooding in the Alpine valley ...

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been appointed one of three technical implementing ...

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

There was a time when oil and gas companies happily linked themselves to the idea of planet-wide environmental changes. "Each ...

Those most vulnerable to these climate disasters live in the poor and fragile nations that ring the Himalayas.