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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 valley below, glaciologists and geoscientists told AFP on Friday.

A Swiss village is buried after a glacier collapses in the Alps

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.

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A collapsing glacier destroyed a Swiss village. Is climate change to blame?

The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human development.

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A 700-pound boulder pinned Alaska man face down in a glacier creek for 3 hours

An Alaska man who was pinned facedown in an icy creek by a 700-pound boulder for three hours survived the ordeal with only ...

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Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after glacier destroys village

A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland ...

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Why glaciologists believe the Birch Glacier collapsed, burying a nearby Swiss town

On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...

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Anthropologists spotlight human toll of glacier loss

In an important contribution from the social sciences, Rice University anthropologists Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer examine ...

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