What Causes Glaciers to Collapse like the Event That Buried a Swiss Village?

New research shows current climate policies would destroy 76% of the world's glaciers by 2100, raising sea levels by over 9 ...

Almost 40 percent of glaciers that exist now are already in danger of melting even if global temperature stabilized at present-day conditions, a study says.

A new study finds that if global warming exceeds the Paris Climate Agreement targets, the non-polar glacier mass will diminish significantly. However, if warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, at ...

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 ...

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As glaciers melt, they can also increase the risk of deadly floods and landslides. A glacial collapse in Switzerland this ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) serves as the Atlantic Ocean's conveyor belt, transporting warm water ...

Its global significance, however, goes far beyond just military worth. The Arctic is sought-after for its shipping routes and ...

A massive avalanche triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier buried much of the Swiss village of Blatten under ice, mud and rocks. The even was equivalent in force to a magnitude 3.1 earthquake, ...