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Glacier collapse wipes out Swiss village in Alps

Bloomberg on MSN · 18h

Swiss Glacier Collapse Is a Lesson on Climate Disaster Management

Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them to do that are not available to most countries.

ABC News on MSN · 5d

What to know about the glacier that buried a Swiss village after it collapsed

A village in the Swiss Alps has been buried beneath ice, rock and mud after a massive piece of a nearby glacier collapsed. 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,

Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: Swiss village destroyed by glacier collapse

This is an excerpt of the Sustainable Switch Climate Focus newsletter, where we make sense of companies and governments grappling with climate change on Fridays.

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A 700-pound boulder pinned Alaska man face down in a glacier creek for 3 hours

An Alaska man who was pinned facedown in an icy creek by a 700-pound boulder for three hours survived the ordeal with only ...

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Appeals court takes up Glacier house legal drama

A three-story, 2,178-square-foot home being built by a San Diego couple inside Glacier National Park remains mired in legal ...

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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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Inside the Swiss valley partially swallowed by a glacier

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier wiped the village of Blatten off the map. DW spoke to locals and experts ...

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Alpine village is largely destroyed when a Swiss glacier collapses

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...

The Daily Galaxy on MSN14h

Scientists Uncover a Mysterious Phenomenon Speeding Up Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier Meltdown!

A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciencesreveals powerful and previously unknown winds racing over parts of ...

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Almost 2 billion lives in South Asia at risk from rising snow and glacier melt: report

The risks are aggravated by black carbon pollution, which could curb water supply from many rivers flowing through the ...

Current climate goals aren't enough to stop massive glacier losses

Current climate pledges could cause Earth’s glaciers to lose 76% of their mass, raising sea levels and reshaping ecosystems.

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