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Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
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An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, ...
The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide ...
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How Switzerland's Birch glacier collapsed
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...
What Causes Glaciers to Collapse like the Event That Buried a Swiss Village?
Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...
The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...
A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock ...
The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...
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 ...