A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...

The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide ...

There are strong theories on the causes ... scale falls from the front of the glacier Tuesday were expected to continue, with Wednesday's sudden total collapse considered a less-probable scenario.

The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating ... with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses. However, many Asian nations, ...

"The acceleration of the Birch Glacier [which partly caused its collapse] is clearly linked ... There is no single cause-and-effect relationship, as there is, for example, with rising sea levels." ...

Researchers say this type of process often causes rockfalls and ice avalanches across glaciated ... She highlights that the frequency of large-scale glacier collapses has always been irregular.

The collapse of a melting glacier in the Swiss Alps has buried and partially destroyed ... While it is not impossible to tie any single weather event directly to human causes, scientists have been ...

DUSHANBE (Tajikistan), June 1 — The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the ... with floods and storms the chief cause of casualties and economic losses. But many Asian ...

Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...