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 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 ‘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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2 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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