17 h. ago Two hikers killed by major rockfall on popular trail in Canada

‘Basically a whole shelf of a mountain came loose’ said one person who fled the scene in Banff National ParkTwo people have been killed and another three injured when a major rockfall crashed onto a group of hikers on a popular Rocky Mountain trail in western Canada.The accident happened on Thursday near the Bow Glacier Falls in Banff National Park, about 225km (140 miles) north-west of Calgary, Alberta. The area is known for its natural beauty and is particularly busy in summer. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Ice Age cave find upends what we know about Australia’s first people

Glacier landscapes may not have been hurdles for early human migration, study suggests

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1 week ago British climber is killed after 'falling from his rope' on glacier during descent from 12,500ft mountain in French Alps

The mountaineer, who has not been named, was reportedly coming down the Grands Couloirs glacier when he fell at around 11am on Sunday.

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2 w. ago Marine heatwave found to have engulfed area of ocean five times the size of Australia

World Meteorological Organization report says record heat in 2024 was driven by climate crisis and intersected with extreme weather eventsAlmost 40 million sq kilometres of ocean around south-east Asia and the Pacific – an area five times the size of Australia – was engulfed in a marine heatwave in 2024, a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report has revealed.WMO scientists said the record heat – on land and in the ocean – was mostly driven by the climate crisis and coincided with a string of extreme weather events, from deadly landslides in the Philippines to floods in Australia and rapid glacier loss in Indonesia. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Glaciers will keep melting for centuries even if warming stops, study warns

Nearly 40 per cent of world's glacier mass already set to disappear due to past greenhouse gas emissions

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2 w. ago ‘This is ground zero for Blatten’: the tiny Swiss village engulfed by a mountain

‘The memories preserved in countless books, photo albums, documentation – everything is gone,’ says village’s mayorFor weeks the weight had sat above the village, nine million tonnes of rock precariously resting on an ancient slab of ice. A chunk of Kleines Nesthorn mountain’s peak had crumbled, and its rubble hung over the silent, empty streets of Blatten, held back only by the glacier. The ice groaned beneath the pressure.On Wednesday afternoon, in an instant, it gave way. The ice cracked, then crumbled. The entire mass descended into the valley below, obliterating the village that had been there for more than 800 years. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Voices: Intense weather events are here to stay – it’s up to us how intense they get

We have a chance now to not only batten down the hatches but save millions from being swept away by flooding – but we must accept that the reality of dealing with climate change will be boring and steady rather than glamorous and immediate, writes Chris Wright

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2 w. ago Flooding fears eased at picturesque Swiss Alpine village buried by landslide

A huge mass of rock, ice and mud from the Birch glacier thundered into the Lötschental valley

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3 w. ago ‘Like touching climate change’: glaciers reveal records of the way the world was

Scientists drill for ice cores containing information on preindustrial pollutants, but they are in a race against timeHowling wind relentlessly shakes the white tent, pitched among mounds of snow at a height of 4,100m (13,450ft) on the Corbassière, an Alpine glacier situated on the northern slopes of Switzerland’s Grand Combin massif.Inside are scientists from Venice’s Ca’ Foscari University and the institute of polar science at Italy’s national research council (CNR). Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Terrifying satellite images show how tiny Swiss village of Blatten was completely wiped out by massive glacier collapse

The remote Alpine village of Blatten was flattened after an avalanche of rock, mud and ice was sent crashing down into the valley.

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3 w. ago Swiss president pledges aid for Alpine villagers left homeless after glacier collapse

Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused by a falling glacier were “not alone” and the wealthy Alpine country was calculating ways to help

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3 w. ago The glaciers on the verge of COLLAPSING: As Swiss villages face being wiped out by the Birch Glacier, terrifying interactive map reveals the huge bodies of ice that could be next

As a chunk of Switzerland's Birch Glacier breaks off, partially destroying villages, scientists have revealed the glaciers around the world that could be next.

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3 w. ago Fears TIDAL WAVE could destroy two more Swiss villages after falling glacier obliterated valley settlement and blocked river

The danger of flooding remains high around the village of Blatten, which saw 90% of the town destroyed on Wednesday when the Birch glacier partially collapsed

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3 w. ago Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change as glaciers retreat around the world

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed this week is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world

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3 w. ago Swiss glacier wipeout threatens two more villages as dam could burst

The shocking event in Valais on Wednesday, May 28, caused the village of Blatten to be subjected to an immense amount of debris consisting of various pieces of rock and ice.

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3 w. ago Swiss glacier collapse threatens two more villages as dam could burst

The shocking event in Valais on Wednesday, May 28, caused the village of Blatten to be subjected to an immense amount of debris consisting of various pieces of rock and ice.

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3 w. ago Almost 40% of world’s glaciers already doomed due to climate crisis – study

Glacier loss has profound effects worldwide and will hit 75% on Earth’s current heating trajectory, say scientistsAlmost 40% of glaciers in existence today are already doomed to melt due to climate-heating emissions from fossil fuels, a study has found.The loss will soar to 75% if global heating reaches the 2.7C rise for which the world is currently on track. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Flooding fears after glacier collapse buries picturesque Swiss village under mud and rock

A deluge of rock and ice careered down the Swiss Alps near a village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month

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3 w. ago Switzerland's ticking time bomb: Two MORE villages face being wiped out after glacier's catastrophic collapse

The Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Valais region collapsed yesterday, sending millions of tons of rock, ice and scree hurtling down the mountain slope and into the valley below

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3 w. ago Everything we know about the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland

The village was thankfully evacuated a few days earlier, but one person remains missing.

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3 w. ago Army searches for man after huge chunk of glacier crushes picturesque Swiss Alpine village

Experts were concerned that the debris was blocking a nearby river, causing a new lake to form and posing a flood risk

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3 w. ago Man remains missing after a Swiss glacier collapsed and destroyed 90% of an Alpine village

A 64-year-old man remains missing after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before

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3 w. ago Search for missing Swiss glacier collapse victim as village destroyed by rocks

Blatten, in the southern Swiss Lötschental valley, was almost completely submerged this week by a wall of ice and rock that cascaded down a hill and into dozens of homes

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3 w. ago Astonishing new footage shows the moment Swiss village is buried by falling glacier, obliterating houses

Video shows a huge cloud of ice and scree spewing over the Swiss village of Blatten on Wednesday, dwarfing tiny Alpine lodges as a chunk of the Birch glacier broke off

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3 w. ago Glacier collapses and wipes out village burying homes in tonnes of snow and debris

A massive amount of the Birch glacier collapsed on Wednesday in the Swiss Alps, sending snow, ice, mud, and debris crashing down a mountainside and burying part of a village

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3 w. ago One person missing after Glacier collapse buries parts of Swiss village under mud and rock

A deluge of rock and ice careered down the Swiss Alps near a village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month

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3 w. ago Freeze frame! David Lammy snaps an Arctic selfie on taxpayer

Mr Lammy boarded a boat with Norway's foreign minister Espen Barth Eide to view a melting glacier in Svalbard. He is on a three-day tour to Norway and Iceland.

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3 w. ago Terrifying video captures moment massive glacier crashes down mountain and buries village

The shocking video showed the moment part of a huge glacier smashed through a village after it raced down a mountainside in Switzerland - one person has been reported as missing

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3 w. ago One person missing after Swiss glacier collapse destroys village

Homes in Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated townA huge section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most of a village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk of a rockslide.Drone footage broadcast by Swiss national broadcaster SRF showed a vast plain of mud and soil completely covering part of the village of Blatten, the river running through it and the wooded sides of the surrounding valley. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Catastrophe’: one person missing after Swiss glacier collapse destroys village

Homes in Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated townA huge section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most of a village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk of a rockslide.Drone footage broadcast by Swiss national broadcaster SRF showed a vast plain of mud and soil completely covering part of the village of Blatten, the river running through it and the wooded sides of the surrounding valley. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud

One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated townA huge section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most of a village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk of a rockslide.Drone footage broadcast by Swiss national broadcaster SRF showed a vast plain of mud and soil completely covering part of the village of Blatten, the river running through it and the wooded sides of the surrounding valley. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Moment village is buried and homes destroyed as massive glacier crashes down Swiss mountain: Urgent search operation launched

At around 3:30 pm local time, a huge collapse occurred on the Birch Glacier, emergency services in the Wallis region said.

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3 w. ago Glacier collapse buries parts of Swiss village under mud and rock

A deluge of rock and ice careered down the Swiss Alps near a village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month

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3 w. ago Moment village is buried, with 'many homes' destroyed when massive glacier crashes down Swiss mountain

At around 3:30 pm local time, a huge collapse occurred on the Birch Glacier, emergency services in the Wallis region said.

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3 w. ago Five skiers found dead on Switzerland glacier near popular Swiss resort

The bodies of five skiers have been found near a luxury resort in Switzerland

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3 w. ago Five skiers found dead on glacier above popular Swiss winter sports resort

A helicopter was sent to survey the area around Rimpfischhorn, a 4,000-meter peak in the Valais Alps near the town of Zermatt, after two hikers reported seeing abandoned skis.

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3 w. ago Zermatt deaths: Bodies of five skiers found on glacier above Swiss resort town

Authorities on Sunday confirmed two hikers reported seeing abandoned skis near the Rimpfischhorn, a 4,000-meter peak in the Valais Alps

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