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The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.
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 ...
A glacier collapse in Switzerland unleashed a torrent of ice, rock, and mud that buried the Alpine village of Blatten.
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
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 ...
Glaciers are not easy targets for any ... Accelerating melt of ice sheets now 'unmistakable' Satellites now get full-year view of Arctic sea-ice A really simple guide to climate change Cryosat ...
Over a third of Pakistan is submerged in flood water after months of relentless rain, satellite observations ... which exacerbated the melting of mountain glaciers, causing floods and saturating ...
Numerous satellites monitor Earth’s ice thickness from orbit. They use optical, radar, laser, and gravimetry instruments to provide data on glacier loss, sea ice changes, and rising sea levels.
However, high-resolution satellite observations reveal one huge glacier has been relentlessly pinching ice from its slower-moving neighbor over a period of less than 18 years. University of Leeds ...
However, satellites do more than just track the accelerating flow of glaciers toward the ocean and ... to hydrological processes hidden from view, such as subglacial lake drainage.
However, high-resolution satellite observations reveal one huge glacier has been relentlessly pinching ice from its slower-moving neighbour over a period of less than 18 years. University of Leeds ...