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Nepal flood death toll passes 900 as search for survivors continues

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Did a glacier collapse trigger the Nepal-Tibet disaster?

While individual glacial events cannot be directly attributed to climate change, experts say rising global temperatures are putting increasing pressure on glaciers.

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Nepal flash flood: dramatic footage shows Rasuwa valley engulfed

Dramatic footage shows a flash flood tearing through Nepal’s Rasuwa district, killing 157 people and leaving hundreds missing.

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Swiss village lives in the shadow of an unstable mountain

Kandersteg, a picturesque Swiss Alpine village, sits beneath the unstable Spitze Stei rock formation, which could trigger a major landslide if it collapses. Scientists say rising temperatures are melting glaciers and thawing mountain permafrost, making slopes increasingly unstable across the Alps.

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How heatwaves are reshaping Switzerland's glaciers

Switzerland's Rhône Glacier has lost more than four metres of ice in just one month after two periods of extreme heat in June and July. According to GLAMOS, the glacier has been melting at an average rate of around 10 centimetres a day, with low winter snowfall leaving the ice especially vulnerable.

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Summer skiers head to melting glacier as heatwave grips France

Hundreds of skiers headed to the Grande Motte glacier in Tignes to escape France's heatwave and enjoy summer skiing. But visitors and experts say the glacier is shrinking rapidly, with scientists warning it could disappear within 10 to 15 years.

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Mont Blanc glacier melts faster as second heatwave hits France

The Bossons Glacier in France’s Chamonix Valley is showing fresh signs of rapid retreat as a second heatwave of 2026 grips parts of Europe.

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Why scientists want to build a wall along the ‘Doomsday Glacier’

The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ already contributes four per cent of annual sea level rise, but can the consequences of climate change be barricaded off?

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Race against time: Scientists store endangered glacier ice in Antarctica

Scientists are racing to preserve ice cores from endangered glaciers worldwide by storing them in an Antarctic ice sanctuary. The Ice Memory Foundation aims to protect vital climate records before rising temperatures cause irreversible glacier loss.

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Discover Switzerland through these one-of-a-kind journeys

Explore Switzerland off the beaten path with some of these immersive journeys taking you from dramatic Alps to peaceful valleys and lush meadows.

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Argentina’s once stable Perito Moreno Glacier is now melting fast

New data shows Perito Moreno Glacier’s rapid retreat, revealing climate change’s delayed impact on this iconic mass of ice.

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Climate change uproots a Himalayan village as glaciers vanish

After generations of herding and harvesting in the mountains, villagers in Samjung have been forced to relocate as snow fails, rains flood, and water sources disappear.

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Experts warn of growing glacier-related risks from climate change

As climate change accelerates, the World Meteorological Organisation is calling for more investment in monitoring and forecasting of glaciers to help protect mountain communities.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.