Permafrost is often called the glue that holds the mountains together. When it thaws, the mountains crumble, and they start ...

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...

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

A glacier collapse in Switzerland unleashed a torrent of ice, rock, and mud that buried the Alpine village of Blatten.

The collapse of a massive glacier in southern Switzerland has triggered the risk of flooding from an ice jam, which blocked the Lonza River, Swiss authorities said Thursday. The Birch Glacier ...

Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides — but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for ...