There are a lot of different factors responsible for the glacier's retreat, less snowfall and more Sahara dust being two of them.

Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move away from the mountain villages at risk?

For visitors to the Alps, scientist Robert Kenner told RTL Today that hiking earlier in the day may be safer. With ...

A British researcher's remains were discovered in a melting Antarctic glacier after he died in an accident in 1959.

Almost 7,000 feet above sea level, the trail leading up to Morteratsch glacier gets a little longer every month.

What was once considered the most stable glacier in the Patagonia region is experiencing ice loss at rates far greater than ...

After the recent collapse of the glacier in Blatten, experts are becoming even more suspicious than ever of the threat.

Active in landslide-hit Blatten since June 27, the Swiss army will be leaving the area on Monday evening. Most of the debris floating on Lake Blatten has been removed.

Warning signs of the landslide which wiped out the village of Blatten in Valais were visible from space years before the disaster, according to Europ ...

New data shows Perito Moreno Glacier’s rapid retreat, revealing climate change’s delayed impact on this iconic mass of ice.View on euronews ...

The breaking off of large chunks of ice from glaciers accelerates the melting of the Arctic ice sheet in Greenland. This has ...

Swiss climbers slammed for landing plane near top of Mont Blanc Two Swiss mountaineers landed a small plane less than 400 metres from the summit of Mont Blanc on Tuesday before he ...