A river in the Swiss Alps, which was dammed by a landslide that buried much of ... thundered into the Lötschental valley in southern Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying much of the village.

These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable ...

Swissinfo has published a very nice article highlighting the growing landslide risk in Switzerland. For example, in the canton of Graubünden (which is the focus of the article) alone, 17,000 ...

Kolkata, forsaken city of joy provides adventure junkies with the best hiking trails in Eastern India. With its flat terrain ...

Extreme weather events have become more frequent across the world and barely anyone is spared. While Mumbai was dealing with ...

Leveraging satellite imagery, Earth observation is a prime example of where the geospatial field intersects with the space ...

In addition to the “best-monitored slope in Europe” above the landslide village of Brienz, there is a considerable risk of ...

The Swiss village of Blatten, which was decimated by a landslide, is to be rebuilt in three to five years, the municipal ...

Never in the history of the Swiss Alps has a glacier caused such destruction as the one that collapsed in stunning fashion on ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — Along coastal California, the possibility of earthquakes and landslides are commonly prefaced by the phrase, 'not if, but when.' This precarious reality is now a bit more ...

Climate-related risks in Switzerland are rising, driven by intensifying summer droughts and higher temperatures. That is the stark warning from a new report published on Thursday by the Federal Office ...

For analysts at Fitch Ratings, the recent demolition of a Swiss village by a glacier is fresh proof that climate change is ...