In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

After a May avalanche in Blatten, Switzerland, experts took notice of an unusual phenomenon affecting the nation's glaciers ...

Blatten is located in the Loetschental valley in the canton of Valais. "We've lost our village," Blatten Mayor Matthias Bellwald said at a news conference, per Reuters.

The landslide that occurred in Blatten in the canton of Valais at the end of May 2025 and the one in the village of Brienz in Graubünden in June 2023 remind us of the potential for landslide hazards ...

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.

A new 3D simulation tool developed by ETH and SLF researchers now allows for significantly more accurate predictions of ...

Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock after what scientists suspect is a dramatic display of the impact of climate change on mountain communities.

Large chunk of glacier breaks off, burying 90% of Swiss village 01:05. Geneva — The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended Thursday due to unsafe conditions after a huge mass of rock and ice ...

For days, the inhabitants of Blatten, a village in the Swiss Alps, had been warned by geologists that an unstable glacier high above their homes could collapse. On Wednesday afternoon, days after ...

Airlifting cattle is commonplace in the Alps when farmers are facing dire circumstances. In 2023, the village of Brienz, Switzerland, narrowly averted a similar fate as Blatten’s when a portion ...

The Alpine village of Blatten was buried after the Birch glacier collapsed on Wednesday, May 28. By. Becca Longmire. Becca Longmire. Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Scientists are being cautious about attributing the vanishing of Blatten to the climate crisis. Caution, however, is not denial, although too many people in this country think they are synonyms.