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 ...

Richard Hartfield flips his own script and spends summer in the Swiss Alps, mending the trails he usually hikes. The post ...

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

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

The glaciers of Switzerland, which has the most of any country in continental Europe, are fading because of global warming.

The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers into ticking time bombs. On Wednesday, this reality struck the Alpine ...

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

Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland's vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes.

The snow and ice accumulated in the Swiss Alps over the winter has already melted away, a monitoring service said on Friday, ...

The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland's glaciers has already melted away, a monitoring service said, with ...

The permafrost in Switzerland's Alps is the warmest since records began, the Swiss Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday. Permafrost is sub-surface soil that remains at freezing temperature or ...