Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland’s vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes.

Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland's vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes.

In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

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One expert notes that glacier shrinkage has wide effects on agriculture, fisheries, drinking water levels and cross-boundary ...

Swiss insurers on Tuesday put the damage caused by last month's glacier collapse, which largely destroyed the Alpine village ...

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Blatten: what price for preserving Swiss mountain life? This content was published on Jun 11, 2025 Swiss debates on preserving Alpine life have intensified following the Blatten glacier collapse.

A river in the Swiss Alps, which was dammed by a landslide that buried much of the village of Blatten, is now flowing through the debris, authorities have said.. A huge mass of rock, ice and mud ...

Blatten is a case where the scientists knew where to look. But even in relatively well-studied places like Langtang, disasters can emerge in our blind spots. Last year’s Thame glacial lake outburst ...

The small village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps, destroyed by a landslide after part of the huge Birch Glacier collapsed on May 29, 2025. Alexandre Agrusti/AFP/Getty Images.

BLATTEN, Switzerland — Last week, Birch Glacier above the Swiss village of Blatten broke off, causing a landslide that destroyed the village. A video from Reuters showed the massive amounts of ...