As climate change accelerates, the World Meteorological Organisation is calling for more investment in monitoring and ...

Tajikistan, home to the majority of Central Asia's glaciers, is urging global action as climate change accelerates glacier ...

Switzerland glacier collapse has left a quiet Alpine valley reeling, after a massive chunk of the Birch Glacier broke off and ...

On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...

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

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

The survival of humanity depends on the "water towers of the world," the significant water reservoirs on Earth. However, for how much longer can we rely on them? The rapid melting of glaciers is a key ...

Villagers in Blatten, Switzerland, were evacuated earlier this month after authorities warned a nearby glacier was on the ...

A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

A similar event happened in April 2024 ... ABC News reports that an uptick in glacier melt had been observed at Birch Glacier, and emergency managers ordered hundreds of villagers to evacuate.

A massive avalanche triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier buried much of the Swiss village of Blatten under ice, mud ...