That's the sound of water seeping from a sunbaked and slushy Swiss glacier that geoscientists are monitoring for signs of ...

A review of data showed that the Birch Glacier was a rarity in that it has been advancing while most glaciers have been ...

One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.

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

In the Swiss Alpine resort of Kandersteg, officials have been closely monitoring a deteriorating mountain peak that towers ...

One expert notes that glacier shrinkage has wide effects on agriculture, fisheries, drinking water levels and cross-boundary ...

A helicopter crashed in the Fusshörner region on the Oberaletsch Glacier in canton Valais on Saturday afternoon. The ...

Search parties combing the Swiss Alpine village that was buried last month after the collapse of a glacier have found human remains, police said.

Swiss insurers on Tuesday put the damage caused by last month's glacier collapse, which largely destroyed the Alpine village ...

The Swiss glacier collapse is not an isolated event Just last week, Blatten was buried under a massive avalanche of rock and ice from the Birch Glacier and the nearby Lonza River bed.

Swiss insurers on Tuesday put the damage caused by last month’s glacier collapse, which largely destroyed the Alpine village of Blatten, at 320 million Swiss francs ($393 million).

The disaster has been captured in stark detail by the OLI-2 instrument on Landsat 9. The images reveal a landscape dramatically altered by nature's force.