"The longer we delay emissions cuts, the more we burden future generations with irreversible change." Scientists issue grim ...

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

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.

Asia is set to suffer disproportionate losses of snow and ice. This must be the year that we turn around our emissions record ...

In all scenarios, glaciers lose mass rapidly over decades and then continue to melt at a slower pace for centuries — even ...

Switzerland’s glacier collapse is a chilling sign of Europe’s warming crisis – and a warning for alpine communities.

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...

Permafrost is often called the glue that holds the mountains together. When it thaws, the mountains crumble, and they start to break apart. At the same time, the glaciers are shrinking and, as they do ...

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

A Swiss mountain village has been buried in a deluge of ice, mud and rock, after a big chunk of the Birch glacier collapsed ...

Rescuers in the Swiss Alps were searching for at least one person missing after 1.5 million cubic meters of ice, rock and mud ...

Climate change has locked in at least 75% of glacier loss in Western Canada and U.S., raising concerns for downstream ...