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Glacier collapse in Swiss village

Devastating scene unfolds as glacier collapse buries small Swiss village in mud and rock: 'The unimaginable has happened'

"We have lost our village, but we have not lost our heart." Devastating scene unfolds as glacier collapse buries small Swiss village in mud and rock: 'The unimaginable has happened' first appeared on The Cool Down.

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A collapsing glacier destroyed a Swiss village. Is climate change to blame?

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

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Why glaciologists believe the Birch Glacier collapsed, burying a nearby Swiss town

On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern Switzerland -- flattened homes in the Alpine town of Blatten after a large chunk of the glacier broke off, Bethan Davies, a professor of glaciology at Newcastle University in the U.K., told ABC News.

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Powerful Antarctic winds speed up melting of Doomsday Glacier

Study reveals low-level wind jets reaching 32 m/s in Antarctica's Amundsen Sea region accelerate Thwaites and Pine Island glacier melting.

How Switzerland's Birch glacier collapsed

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

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Tajikistan's president calls for global effort to preserve glaciers as melting accelerates

Tajikistan, home to the majority of Central Asia's glaciers, is urging global action as climate change accelerates glacier melt. At a high ... leaders. The event marks an important step toward ...

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