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Swiss villages on flood alert after glacier collapse buries Blatten

Focus has now shifted to the safety of those living near the Lonza River, which the regional government warns could flood as a result of dammed water flows caused by debris.

30/05/2025

Green News

Swiss glacier collapse highlights rising risk from global warming

Scientists say greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal have already locked in enough global warming to doom many of the world's glaciers.

30/05/2025

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Aerial footage shows Alpine village buried by Birch glacier slide

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

29/05/2025

Europe News

Massive glacier collapse devastates Swiss village of Blatten

A large section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, resulting in a torrent of ice, mud, and rock that has submerged the majority of a village evacuated earlier this month as a security precaution.

29/05/2025

Green News

Germany-sized ice block lost from world glaciers since records began

Five of the past six years have witnessed the most rapid glacier retreat on record.

21/03/2025

Green News

Scientists in the Arctic have found a way to grow sea ice

The Antarctic Ice Sheet is retreating at a faster rate than in previous decades, raising concerns about a total collapse.

24/09/2024

Europe News

Lombardy glacier in Italy shrinks by seven metres

Scientists specialising in the study of glaciers have reported that one of Italy's most well-known, Dosdè, is retreating.

13/09/2024

Green News

How climate change is killing one of Italy’s largest glaciers

Since 1888, the glacier has lost more than 80 per cent of its surface area.

10/09/2024

Nature

Visitors rush to see France's largest glacier before it disappears

A new Glaciorium climate and glacier interpretation centre will show the evolution of glaciers and our relationship with them.

27/08/2024

Green News

British tourist’s photos of disappearing Swiss glacier go viral

Returning to the Rhône glacier on a camper van trip this summer, the family found a drastically different landscape.

06/08/2024

Climate

The good and the bad news from Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’

Crevasses ‘like a set of sugar cubes’ and sea anemones: Here's what scientists saw at Thwaites Glacier.

16/02/2023

Travel News

Watch visitors slide down into the unreal blue of Iceland’s ice caves

Hundreds of tourists flock to Iceland’s amazing ice caves every winter - but how long will the natural wonders last?

10/02/2023

Climate

These glaciers could completely disappear by 2050, scientists warn

From the Dolomites to Yosemite, UNESCO scientists have a stark warning about these vital ice giants.

03/11/2022

Climate

Melting glaciers make Alpine walking routes impassable this summer

Warmer temperatures are speeding up glacier melt and thawing permafrost and scientists it is being driven by climate change.

01/08/2022

Green News

A melting glacier is moving the Italian-Swiss border

The location of one Italian mountain lodge is uncertain with two-thirds of the building now technically in Switzerland.

26/07/2022

Georgia

Greater Caucasus lost large swaths of glaciers due to climate change

Scientists and mountain-climbers experience the huge impact of climate change as large swathes of Caucasus glaciers melt away.

16/07/2022

Europe News

Analysis: Climate crisis unfolds in Italy with melting ice and drought

Euronews correspondent Giorgia Orlandi breaks down how the climate crisis is already being felt in Italy.

14/07/2022

Switzerland

Swiss experts fear Alpine mountain collapse after Marmolada disaster

Experts fear sections of a Swiss mountain may collapse, threatening a village below, after a deadly avalanche at the Marmolada glacier in the Italian Alps in early July.

10/07/2022

Italy

Deadly avalanche linked to climate change, says Italy PM Draghi

At least seven people died and eight were hurt on Sunday when falling ice swept away a group of hikers on the Marmolada glacier, the highest mountain in the Italian Alps.

03/07/2022

Green News

The tallest mountain in the world is melting: How can we save Everest?

Around 1,500 people visit the Everest base camp every year but a melting glacier is now making it unsafe.

20/06/2022